The
chances of a consumer privacy bill coming out of Congress any time soon are
slim, but that hasn't stopped California, which continues to forge new ground
when it comes to consumer privacy legislation.
At
the end of August, the California Senate and Assembly passed an amendment
(AB370) to the California Online Privacy Protection Act that will require
commercial websites and services that collect personal data to disclose how
they respond to Do Not Track signals from Web browsers.It was introduced by California Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi and sponsored by Attorney General Kamala Harris, who has been making a name for herself by aggressively pursuing consumer privacy enforcement actions. Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign the amendment.
