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California privacy and data protection legislation

Overview

California has advanced several legislative measures focused on expanding privacy rights and regulating data usage. Initial developments included the approval of Assembly Bill 2624, which expands the ‘Safe at Home’ program to allow immigration support service providers to keep home addresses confidential, and the introduction of the Expanding Privacy Rights Act (SB 923) to strengthen data deletion rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Subsequent legislative actions include the passage of Assembly Bill 1542, which seeks to prohibit the sale of sensitive personal data to prevent identity theft and stalking, and Assembly Bill 1883. The latter aims to regulate artificial intelligence by prohibiting employers from using tools to surveil an employee’s emotional state or collect “neural data,” defined as information from the central or peripheral nervous system, though exemptions remain for certain safety and national security operations.

Entities

Gavin Newsom · California Privacy Protection Agency · Consumer Reports · California · California State Legislature

Timeline

12 days ago

[TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
California passes bills to ban sensitive data sales and AI emotion surveillance
California legislators have passed two bills: one banning the sale of sensitive consumer data and another prohibiting AI-driven emotional and neural data surveillance in the workplace.
15 days ago

[POLITICS] 6 sources
California advances new privacy and data protection laws
California advances new privacy measures, including an expansion of the Safe at Home program for immigration advocates and a bill to strengthen consumer data deletion rights.

Sources

almanacnews.com · consumersunion.org · danvillesanramon.com · hrdive.com · kpbs.org · magazine.org · paloaltoonline.com · privacy.ca.gov