Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bill to Revise Browser Requirements Under CCPA Advances, (Apr 3, 2024)
The California state Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection voted 8-3 this week to pass a bill that would revise certain regulations adopted by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) related to opt-out preferences.
This bill, which is sponsored by the CPPA, seeks to make it “significantly easier for consumers to opt out of the sharing or sale of their personal information by requiring internet browsers to provide an opt-out preference signal that they can use to signal all of the businesses they interact with online that they are exercising their rights under the CCPA [California Consumer Privacy Act] by prohibiting the businesses from sharing their personal information.”
AB 3048 would therefore prohibit a business from developing or maintaining a browser through which a consumer interacts with a business that does not include a setting that enables the consumer to send an opt-out preference signal to that business.
The bill would also authorize the agency to adopt regulations as necessary to implement and administer those provisions, including to update the definitions of “browser” and “device” to address changes in technology, data collection, obstacles to implementation, or privacy concerns.
“Californians have the right to easily opt-out of the sale of their personal information through opt-out preference signals, but many of the top web browsers do not offer such signals. AB 3048 makes it easier for consumers to state their privacy preferences from the start by requiring web browsers to allow a user to exercise their opt-out rights at all businesses with which they interact online in a single step,” the bill’s author, Assembly member Josh Lowenthal (D.), said in a statement.
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