GPC: Status Display Requirement

What it requires

When an opt-out preference signal is active, the business must display on its website whether it has processed the signal as a valid opt-out request. The Register 2025, No. 39 amendments turned this from a "may" into a "must" as of January 1, 2026 and replaced the example status text: the regulation now names "Opt-Out Request Honored" (the pre-2026 example was "Opt-Out Preference Signal Honored") and pairs the on-page message with a toggle or radio button showing the consumer has opted out of sale/sharing, in accordance with § 7026(g). The same amendments settled § 7026(g) on the identical example phrase, so both subsections now illustrate the duty with one string. Any wording that plainly conveys the signal was honored still satisfies the operative duty; the quoted string is the regulation's example, not a required phrase.

Regulation text

A business must display whether it has processed the consumer's opt-out preference signal as a valid request to opt-out of sale/sharing on its website. For example, the business may display on its website "Opt-Out Request Honored" when a browser, device, or consumer using an opt-out preference signal visits the website, and display through a toggle or radio button that the consumer has opted out of the sale/sharing of their personal information in accordance with section 7026, subsection (g).

California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act, § 7025(c)(6)Read the full section from California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy)

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