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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "ccpa-fines-2500-7500-per-violation",
  "slug": "ccpa-fines-2500-7500-per-violation",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/ccpa-fines-2500-7500-per-violation/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/ccpa-fines-2500-7500-per-violation.json",
  "claim": "CCPA fines are $2,500 per violation and $7,500 per intentional violation",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"CCPA penalties: $2,500 / $7,500 per violation\"",
  "verdict": "outdated",
  "verdict_definition": "Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 3,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "California Privacy Protection Agency",
    "title": "Updated Monetary Thresholds in CCPA (effective Jan. 1, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Not more than $2,663 for each violation or $7,988 for each intentional violation and violations involving the personal information of consumers whom the violator has actual knowledge are under 16 years of age. Not more than $2,500 for each violation or $7,500 for each intentional",
  "method": "Agency notice of the CPI adjustment required every odd-numbered year by Civil Code § 1798.199.95(d).",
  "drift": [
    "Age: the $2,500/$7,500 amounts were raised to $2,663/$7,988 from Jan. 1, 2025; another adjustment is due in odd-numbered years"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (statute or regulation).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Since January 1, 2025, CCPA administrative fines are up to $2,663 per violation and $7,988 per intentional violation (or involving minors under 16), after CPI adjustment.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "CPPA — Updated monetary thresholds",
      "url": "https://cppa.ca.gov/regulations/cpi_adjustment.html",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "CPI-adjusted amounts effective January 1, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}