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With more than 11 billion individual records breached in the U.S.

Testimony of Beth Givens, Director, to California Legislature Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy

Senator Steve Peace, Chair

Introduction of Award Recipient, Associate Professor Kristen Walker, PhD
CSUN Department of Marketing

By Beth Givens, Executive Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

April 5, 2016

Assembly Privacy Hearing: Online Data Brokers and Fair Information Practices

Thank you Chairman Chau of the Select Committee on Privacy … and members of the Committee for the opportunity to speak at this hearing on Online and Mobile App Ecosystems.  

From the expansion of certain protections to the use of automation technology in law enforcement, this legislative session once again saw a number of bills centered around data privacy.

An August 25-26 survey of over 500 Californians reveals overwhelming consumer support for California Senate Bill 362 (SB 362)—the California  Delete Act—and significant consumer concerns regarding the collection and selling of their personal data by data brokers.

Findings include:

Today marks a historic victory for consumer privacy rights. Governor Newsom signed SB 362, the California Delete Act, into law—creating the strongest data broker law in the U.S. 

The California Delete Act is a state law that provides California residents with a one-click mechanism to ask registered data brokers to delete their personal information.