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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.

By Beth Givens, PRC Director

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.

Today, we (with a group of privacy and consumer advocacy organizations) submitted comments to the California Attorney General's office weighing in on proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state law that provides California residents rights when dealing with businesses that collect and sell their personal information.

If you live in California, you have the right to ask a company to tell you what personal information it has about you, stop it from selling personal information, delete the information or allow you to download it.