Ellen Corbett
- Democratic
Author
Existing law requires an operator of a commercial Internet Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its site or online service to conspicuously post its privacy policy on its Internet Web site. Existing law also prescribes various prohibitions with regard to disclosures of personal information related to, among other things, driver's licenses, social security numbers, and direct marketing. This bill would prohibit a social networking Internet Web site, as defined, from displaying to the public or other registered users any information about a registered user of that Internet Web site, other than the user's name and city of residence, without the express agreement of the user. The bill would require a social networking Internet Web site to establish a process for new users to set their privacy settings as part of the registration process that explains privacy options in plain language, and to make privacy settings available in an easy-to-use format. The bill would require a social networking Internet Web site to remove the personal identifying information, as defined, of any registered user, and would require removal of that information regarding a user under 18 years of age upon request by the user's parent, within 96 hours upon his or her request. This bill would impose a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for each willful and knowing violation of these provisions.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 17. Page 1285.)
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1142.)
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Corbett.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 16. Noes 16. Page 1142.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 950.) (May 10).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing May 10.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB242 | HTML |
| 02/09/11 - Introduced | |
| 05/02/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/17/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/25/11 - Amended Senate |
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