Consumer Advocates Support Bill Augmenting Calif. Delete Act Requirements
A California data broker registration bill received support from Consumer Reports and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. In a Tuesday letter to California Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Thomas Umberg (D), the consumer privacy advocates backed SB-361, which would amend the California Delete Act to require disclosure of more types of personal information.
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“While California law requires data brokers provide some disclosures, such as whether they collect personal information about minors or reproductive healthcare, they are not required to disclose the full scope of sensitive information being collected and sold," the groups wrote. “This creates both a transparency gap and urgent consumer protection concerns for vulnerable populations.”
“SB 361 will correct this gap by requiring data brokers to disclose whether they collect information such as account log-in credentials, government identification numbers, citizenship and immigration status, sexual orientation, union membership, and biometric data,” the consumer advocates said. “This will help Californians understand who has this information so they can make informed decisions about whether to request deletion of their information from all registered data brokers using the mechanism created by last session’s Delete Act.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hear testimony on SB-361 at an April 1 hearing.