California's new privacy time bomb
A new California law just created a huge, expensive problem for data brokers. Fines are $200 per user, per day. Here's the simple API to solve it.
⚡ The Signal
California just handed consumers a one-click tool to erase their data from every registered data broker in the state. The launch of the "Delete Act" portal means hundreds of companies are about to face a flood of legally-binding deletion requests, turning a theoretical compliance headache into an urgent operational crisis.
🚧 The Problem
For the 500+ data brokers registered in California, life just got very expensive. The state's new system allows any resident to demand data deletion with a single request, and non-compliance carries a penalty of $200 per user, per day. Manually processing these requests is a non-starter. It requires verifying identities, locating data across fragmented databases, performing the deletion, and—most importantly—creating an immutable, auditable log to prove compliance to regulators. Doing this at scale without a dedicated system is impossible, and the financial risk of failure is massive. This isn't a feature request; it's a critical, non-negotiable cost of doing business.
🚀 The Solution
Enter Axiom: a drop-in API designed specifically to handle "Delete Act" compliance. Instead of building a complex and costly internal system, data brokers integrate a single API endpoint. Axiom manages the entire lifecycle of a deletion request—from intake and identity verification to job queuing and final confirmation. It provides the crucial, cryptographically-signed audit log that serves as a single source of truth for regulators. In a market where trusted customer data is the new competitive edge, Axiom turns a compliance burden into a secure, automated, and auditable workflow.
