Penalty Amount
$2,750,000
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $2.75 million settlement with The Walt Disney Company, the largest CCPA settlement in state history, resolving allegations that Disney violated the CCPA by failing to fully honor consumers’ opt-out requests for the sale or sharing of their personal data across all devices and streaming services linked to their accounts. Disney’s opt-out methods, including in-app toggles, webforms, and Global Privacy Control implementation, had gaps that allowed continued data sale or sharing even after consumers opted out. Under the settlement, Disney must pay the civil penalty and implement comprehensive opt-out methods that fully cease all sale or sharing of consumer data upon request.
Disney must pay $2.75 million in civil penalties. The company is also required to implement opt-out methods that fully stop the sale or sharing of consumers’ personal information across all devices and streaming services associated with their accounts, ensuring opt-out requests are applied universally rather than limited to specific devices, services, or third-party ad platforms. The settlement is formalized via a final judgment and permanent injunction.
In-house legal teams should review privacy and data processing clauses in vendor agreements with third-party ad-tech providers, as well as customer-facing terms of service and privacy policies for streaming services, to ensure opt-out mechanisms for data sale and sharing are comprehensive and account-wide. Specifically, teams must verify that contracts with ad-tech vendors require full cessation of data sharing upon consumer opt-out requests, including those submitted via Global Privacy Control signals, and that opt-out toggles apply to all devices, services, and platforms linked to a consumer’s account rather than only the specific device or service where the request was made. Additionally, webform opt-out processes should not be limited to internal advertising platforms, and contracts should mandate that all opt-out methods (toggles, webforms, GPC) are harmonized to apply universally across a consumer’s entire account footprint.
Entity
The Walt Disney Company
Also known as: Disney
Industry
Media & EntertainmentOfficial Press Release
https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/california-wont-let-it-go-attorney-general-bonta-announces-275-million
CA SUP LAX 26STCV04425 Final Judgment and Permanent Injuncti
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/CA_SUP_LAX_26STCV04425__Final_Judgment_and_Permanent_Injunction.pdf
1 Complaint (Disney)
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/1%20-%20Complaint%20%28Disney%29.pdf
California Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/privacy-enforcement-actions
"the Walt Disney Company (Disney)"
"$2.75 million in civil penalties"
"California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)"
"failing to fully effectuate consumers’ requests to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their data across all devices and streaming services associated with consumers' Disney accounts"
"Wednesday, February 11, 2026"
"settlement"
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