Despite enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act(CCPA) coming online earlier this month, many companies in thestate are struggling to comply with the far-reaching regulation.It's not just a lack of understanding about the CCPA's requirementsthat is holding them back. It's also a lack of automationand factors outside of their control, according to a new survey of121 U.S.-based companies by cybersecurity and cloud servicesprovider Akamai.

Complying with CCPA requirements is still a manual process formany organizations. Only around a third of survey respondents, forexample, said they have fully automated their workflows aroundgiving customers access to their personal data. Even fewer—23percent—have done the same for customer requests to have their datadeleted. However, 43 percent have fully automated the processes bywhich they enable customers to opt out of allowing the company tosell their personal data.