Tackling the surveillance economy
AB 1542 California Sensitive Data Privacy Act
California Sensitive Data Privacy Act prohibits businesses from selling or sharing sensitive personal information they collect to third parties. Consumers’ social security numbers, financial account information, precise geo-location, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, union membership, genetic data, biometric information, health information, sexual orientation, or citizenship and immigration status shouldn’t be up for sale to data brokers.
- Author
- Ward
- Session
- 2026
- TechEquity Action
- Supported
- Outcome
- Vetoed
- Sponsors
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, California Initiative for Technology & Democracy (CITED), and Consumer Reports
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