Bill > AB566

This bill adds a new section to California's Civil Code that requires browser developers to include an easy-to-configure "opt-out preference signal" feature by January 1, 2027, which would allow consumers to automatically communicate their desire to prevent businesses from selling or sharing their personal information. Under the bill, a browser must provide functionality that allows users to easily send this opt-out signal to websites they interact with, and the browser developers must clearly explain in their public disclosures how this opt-out mechanism works. The bill defines a "browser" as an interactive software application used to access websites and an "opt-out preference signal" as a communication that complies with privacy regulations and expresses a consumer's choice to stop the sale and sharing of their personal information. Browser developers who implement this functionality will be granted immunity from liability for violations by businesses that receive the opt-out signal, and the California Privacy Protection Agency is authorized to create regulations to implement these provisions. The bill is designed to further the goals of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, which established comprehensive consumer privacy protections and created the California Privacy Protection Agency.

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