Newsom Signs California Bills on Universal Opt-Outs, Data Deletion and Brokers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed universal opt-out legislation and two other privacy bills Wednesday.
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AB-566 requires all web browsers to include functionality that lets users automatically opt out of selling or sharing personal information across the web. The bill, which passed the legislature Sept. 11 (see 2509110066), was introduced by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal (D) and had support from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and state Attorney General Rob Bonta (D).
Newsom also signed a social media deletion bill (AB-656) by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (D). In addition to governing how users may delete their accounts, the legislation requires platforms to treat such cancellations as California Consumer Privacy Act requests to delete users’ personal information (see 2509050003).
The third bill signed into law was SB-361, which requires data brokers to disclose to the CPPA more types of personal information in their state registrations than they do now (see 2508270041). It was sponsored by state Sen. Josh Becker (D).