Privacy for All (AB 1760)

  • Status: Inactive
  • Position: Support
  • Bill Number: AB 1760
  • Session: 2019-2020
  • Latest Update: April 4, 2019
A young Black woman with an afro puff sitting on a sofa, using her laptop at a small table. Image courtesy of #WOCinTech Chat.

Advances in technology and drastic changes in business practices have outpaced the law. The lack of adequate privacy protections has undercut the privacy, safety, and financial security of Californians, with disparate impacts on people of color, immigrants, and other vulnerable communities.

AB 1760, Privacy for All, makes critical improvements to the law — that Californians overwhelmingly support — and ensures that privacy is a right we can all exercise in California, regardless of what we look like or how much money we have in our bank account.

Privacy for All makes sure companies get permission from Californians before they share personal information and creates real accountability for companies that violate the law. It also makes sure companies tell Californians what personal information they share about them, who the information was shared with, and how it is used. Finally, Privacy for All ensures that privacy is a right guaranteed to all—not just those who can afford it — by stopping companies from discriminating against people who exercise their privacy rights.

It's time to give consumers control, hold tech companies accountable, and make privacy for all a reality in California. Please join us in telling legislators that AB 1760, Privacy for All, is what Californians want and deserve.

Authors:
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks
Sponsors:
ACLU of California, Common Sense Kids Action, Consumer Reports, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

Will California lawmakers vote to protect Californians' privacy or tech industry profits?

Last year, California lawmakers passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a new law to strengthen consumer privacy protections. A few weeks ago, newly-elected Oakland Assemblymember Buffy Wicks introduced AB 1760: Privacy for All, to add critical improvements to current law and ensure privacy is a right we can all exercise in California — and pave the way for other states to do the same — regardless of what we look like or how much money we have in our bank account.

By Jacob Snow

New poll shows 94% of likely CA voters support Privacy for All (AB 1760)

Related Content

Legislation
Apr 04, 2019
A young Black woman with an afro puff sitting on a sofa, using her laptop at a small table. Image courtesy of #WOCinTech Chat.
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Privacy for All (AB 1760)

Status: Inactive
Position: Support
Press Release
Feb 27, 2019
Placeholder image
  • Privacy and Surveillance

ACLU Supports New California Bill to Ensure Privacy for All

SACRAMENTO — Today the ACLU of California joined a diverse coalition of privacy, civil rights, economic equity, and children's advocacy organizations to announce support for AB 1760, Privacy for All, a bill introduced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland). Privacy for All puts Californians