Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes online users to opt-out of sale browsing data in California.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a business from developing or maintaining a browser, as defined, that does not include functionality configurable by a consumer that enables the browser to send an opt-out preference signal to businesses with which the consumer interacts through the browser, as prescribed beginning January 1, 2027 (Sec. 1-2).

• Requires a business that develops or maintains a browser to make clear to a consumer in its public disclosures how the opt-out preference signal works and the intended effect of the opt-out preference signal (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies that a business that develops or maintains a browser that includes this functionality is immune from liability for a violation of those provisions by a business that receives the opt-out preference signal (Sec. 1-2).

• Authorizes the agency to adopt regulations as necessary to implement and administer those provisions (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes online users to opt out of the sale of their browsing data in California.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a business from developing or maintaining a browser, as defined, that does not include functionality configurable by a consumer that enables the browser to send an opt-out preference signal to businesses with which the consumer interacts through the browser, as prescribed beginning January 1, 2027 (Sec. 1-2).

• Requires a business that develops or maintains a browser to make clear to a consumer in its public disclosures how the opt-out preference signal works and the intended effect of the opt-out preference signal (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies that a business that develops or maintains a browser that includes this functionality is immune from liability for a violation of those provisions by a business that receives the opt-out preference signal (Sec. 1-2).

• Authorizes the agency to adopt regulations as necessary to implement and administer those provisions (Sec. 1-2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text