DROP Registration and Access Fees
Registration and access are administrative gates with lead time. Sequencing them ahead of engineering work avoids a ready pipeline with no access.
Typical sequence
- Confirm data broker registration status for the applicable period.
- Create the DROP account and establish who holds administrative ownership.
- Complete the applicable registration and access fee steps.
- Establish Sandbox access and validate your standardization and hashing outputs.
- Move to production processing on your recurring cadence.
Official requirement
Registration and access requirements, including applicable fees and deadlines, are set by the California Privacy Protection Agency and are subject to change. Confirm current amounts and dates against official CalPrivacy sources.
Operational recommendation
Assign account ownership to a role, not a personal inbox, and record who holds the credentials and who the backup is. Access continuity is a 45-day-cadence risk.
This page describes CA DROP Broker's operational reading of publicly available California materials. Verify current requirements against official CalPrivacy sources and with qualified counsel.