There are a number of terms defined in the legislation. Certain businesses and all California-resident consumers are the two groups who fall under the provisions in the bill, defined as:

Consumer: According to the act, “‘Consumer” means a natural person who is a California resident, as defined in Section 17014 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations.

Business: “Businesses” are defined as any for-profit entities that do business in California and collect personal information of consumers that meets one or more of these criteria:

“Has annual gross revenues in excess of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000).”

“Derives 50 percent or more of its annual revenues from selling consumers’ personal information.”

“Alone or in combination, annually buys, receives for the business’ commercial purposes, sells, or shares for commercial purposes, alone or in combination, the personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households, or devices.”