California Assembly Passes CCPA Tweak on Data Request Methods
The Assembly passed a proposed tweak to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) changing a requirement that businesses give consumers two or more ways to submit information requests. Members voted 73-0 Monday to send to the Senate AB-1564, under which…
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businesses would be required to give either a toll-free number or an email and physical address, plus a web form if it has a website, for consumer information requests. The Assembly amended but left pending AB-1138, which would prohibit social media sites from allowing children under 13 to sign up without parental consent. The amendment would let companies use any FTC-verified method to comply. The Senate Appropriations Committee placed another privacy bill (SB-564) in the committee suspense file. The bill lays out when an individual has a cause of action against someone who distributes sexually explicit material depicting the person, and related procedures and requirements. The committee plans to weigh that and Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s (D) proposed tweaks to CCPA (SB-561) at a Thursday hearing. The committee also Monday placed on suspense SB-603, a bill to authorize a small independent phone corporation to initiate a rate case at the California Public Utilities Commission through either an advice letter or application. The Assembly unanimously passed AB-956 Monday to clarify automatic dialing devices may be used once a year to test 911 for data accuracy and emergency alert capabilities. It would let phone companies share personal information without prior consent for the purpose of issuing an emergency alert or testing the alert system.