Cybersecurity Policy Report, Legislation to Expand Consumers’ Privacy Rights Advances in California, (Aug 14, 2026)
The California state Assembly Committee on Appropriations voted 11-2 this week to pass a bill that would expand consumer rights regarding personal information deletion and improve the accessibility of opt-out request submission methods.
The proposed legislation would expand on the state’s Delete Act to implement a mechanism to make it easier for consumers to ask registered data brokers to delete their personal information. California’s Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform was launched earlier this year.
The Expanding Privacy Rights Act (S.B. 923, Reg Sess.) would expand “the right to delete to cover all personal information a business holds about them, and by requiring online businesses to provide consumers with a webform, online portal, or similar method, to submit requests to delete their personal information.”
“By expanding the CCPA’s right to delete personal information, and by improving how consumers can exercise that right, this bill further empowers Californians to take measures to protect their personal information should they choose,” according to bill sponsor Sen. Josh Becker (D.).
In addition, for personal information obtained from sources other than the consumer, businesses would be allowed to retain only the minimum data necessary to ensure compliance with the deletion request and to prevent further use of the data, according to the bill.
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