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San Francisco鈥檚 , a company that helps businesses stay compliant with data regulations, once . About a year later, in light of more domestic data regulation laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act, co-founder and CEO tells SA国际传媒 News that conversation has turned local.

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And the company just raised $5.2 million in a Series A round led by to help cater to this shifting customer base.

鈥淎 lot of conversations we鈥檙e having today are centered on the U.S. consumer, and all the businesses who had to cater to that,鈥� Barber said. DataGrail鈥檚 to date is $9.2 million.

Other investors in the round include and . This was one of Okta Ventures first investments, after closing its first fund about 4 months ago.

Monty Gray, Okta鈥檚 senior vice president of corporate development said 鈥渨e look forward to partnering with the company to help our joint customers navigate the increasingly complicated regulatory landscape,鈥� in a statement provided to SA国际传媒 News.

Compliance is becoming a domestic mindset. For example, the will take effect January 2020. Nevada enacted an 鈥渙nline privacy law requiring businesses to offer consumers a right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information,鈥� . Nevada鈥檚 law will be effective Oct 1, 2019. We might see the soon, as well.

DataGrail works with enterprise companies that want their customers to be able to move or delete their data on demand. The 30-employee company integrates with more than 100 infrastructure systems, from to (AWS). It lets businesses 鈥渃ontinuously comply with data privacy regulations,鈥� the statement said.

For example, if a JetBlue customer wants to delete all their data so they can move to another airline, JetBlue has to do that.

Barber said that it鈥檚 not good for companies to lose customers, but legal pressures are forcing them to make it an option. While DataGrail first worked with enterprise companies, Barber said it鈥檚 finding interest from customer-facing companies.

A company like , for example, has a lot of customers so it has a 鈥渉igher risk,鈥� according to Barber.

鈥淭hey have a higher, higher risk especially for privacy regulations and a significant number of consumers,鈥� on its platform, he said. Barber also said that DataGrail鈥檚 customers have tripled in less than a year, and include , , and .

Barber mentioned how Europe鈥檚 (GDPR)聽 鈥渨as the forefront of starting this social economic trend.鈥� The transition to those beyond the European footprint, he claims, is just beginning.

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