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Data Brokers Hate This California Bill. Help Us Pass It.

When it comes to the reckless trade of our personal information, data brokers are the problem. These entities collect then sell personal information they’ve amassed on individuals with very little oversight. This includes very sensitive information such as buying habits, financial records, social media activity, or precise geolocation information. Scams, identity theft, and financial exploitation result from the collection and misuse of personal information.

That's why EFF is a proud supporter of S.B. 362, authored by California State Senator Josh Becker and sponsored by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Californians for Consumer Privacy. It directs the California Privacy Protection Agency to create a deletion mechanism for data brokers that allows someone to make this request of every data broker with a single, verifiable consumer request.

The data broker industry is terrified of this bill and, as reported in POLITICO, is currently waging an aggressive campaign to kill it in the California legislature. That's why we need you to speak up today.

Potential misuse of health data could lead to real harms in harassment, discrimination, and legal consequences for those seeking health services in California, including reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare data. And if information is sold to local, state, or federal agencies, that puts our Fourth Amendment rights at risk.

S.B. 362 gives us a much-needed method to exercise our privacy rights. We need this legislation to start holding these companies accountable.

Join us in calling on California's legislature to pass this bill to empower all Californians to gain a better grasp on their own privacy.

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Honorable members of the California Assembly

Subject: Support SB 362

Message:

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to support S.B. 362, authored by Senator Josh Becker, which will allow people to easily and efficiently make one request to delete their personal information held by all data brokers registered in California. Californians have a right to request that companies delete information collected about them. But, logistically speaking, this is difficult. Because California's privacy laws require people to file requests with each individual company that may have their information, it can be an incredibly time-consuming and tedious process. Furthermore, because data brokers buy, sell, and exchange information with so many companies (and each other), it's very hard for anyone to know if a particular company has their information and how to make a deletion request. S.B. 362 directs the California Privacy Protection Agency to create a deletion mechanism for data brokers that allows someone to make this request of every data broker with a single, verifiable consumer request. This gives us all a much-needed method to exercise our privacy rights. It also helps us gain better control over our data and makes it easier to mitigate the risks that the collection and sale of personal information create in our everyday lives. For these reasons, I urge you to support S.B. 362. Sincerely,

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