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California ADMT — risk assessments for existing processing due

CPPA (California) · US

Date
2027-12-31
Status
440 days away
Type
Deadline
Authority
CPPA (California)
Regulation

What changes

Businesses that began using ADMT for significant decisions before 2026 must have completed a risk assessment covering that processing (§ 7155(b)); the first summary goes to the CPPA by 1 Apr 2028 (§ 7157).

What to do

Finish and document the ADMT risk assessment; keep it for as long as the processing continues or for five years after completing it, whichever is later (§ 7155(c)).

Who it applies to

systems involving personal data or automated decisions

Does this apply to you? Free checker

California ADMT rules (CCPA Article 11) checker (California CCPA regulations, Article 11). 8 questions, no sign-up and nothing saved: your answers live only in the address of this page, so you can bookmark or share the result. It covers the ADMT rules in Article 11 of the CCPA regulations and the risk-assessment dates that go with them.

The questions

Does your business meet a CCPA threshold: annual gross revenue above $26,625,000 (the 2025 inflation-adjusted figure), or buying, selling or sharing the personal information of 100,000 or more consumers or households a year, or getting half or more of its revenue from selling or sharing personal information?
Are the people the decisions are about California residents? (This includes job applicants, employees, independent contractors and students.)
Does the decision result in giving or denying financial or lending services, housing, education enrollment or opportunities, employment or contracting opportunities or pay, or healthcare services? (Advertising decisions do not count.)
Is the tool's output used to make the decision without a human reviewer who knows how to interpret it, reviews it together with other relevant information, and has authority to change the decision?

If such a reviewer is involved in every decision, the tool does not "substantially replace" human decisionmaking (§ 7001(e)).

Is all of the personal information used exempt at the data level, for example FCRA-regulated activity, GLBA-covered data, HIPAA protected health information held by a covered entity, or insurance data subject to the Insurance Code?
Instead of an opt-out, will you rely on an exception?
If you chose the hiring or the work-allocation exception: is every significant decision this tool is used for of that kind (admission, acceptance or hiring; or allocating work and setting pay)?

The hiring exception (§ 7221(b)(2)) does not cover lending, housing, healthcare, educational credentials, suspension or expulsion, promotion, demotion or termination; the work-allocation exception (§ 7221(b)(3)) covers only work allocation and pay. Skip this if you chose another route.

When did (or will) this processing begin?

Educational aid, not legal advice. A short checker cannot see all your facts; confirm with counsel before relying on it. Research date: . Our integrity agent alerts us when the research behind this checker is more than 120 days old.

What you must be able to show

From the obligation clock the Workbench runs against your own systems.

  • Risk assessment for ADMT used for significant decisions, covering processing that began before 2026 (§ 7155(b)); summary submitted to the CPPA by 1 Apr 2028 (§ 7157)