Delete Act signed by governor Gavin Newsom strengthens existing regulations so users will be able to scrub info from a single page

The new bill reinforces that all data brokers must register with the California privacy protection agency, and it requires the CPPA to establish an easy and free way for Californians to request that all data brokers in the state delete their data through a single page, regardless of how they acquired that information. If data brokers don’t comply with these rules, the bill stipulates they be fined or otherwise penalized.

Hopefully this becomes the standard nation wide. Having a single page where you can delete your accounts on multiple services with a single click sounds like a data privacy dream.

  • PatFusty@lemm.ee
    730·
    1 year ago

    Someone correct me but how is this not a breach of the 5th amendment? The government cant just force a company to relinquish intellectual property regardless of how they got it

    Edit: wow you guys are toxic. Cant even ask a question here without getting dogpilled

    • ackzsel@kbin.social
      231·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think intimate details about a person is a companies intellectual property.

    • upforitbutnotdownforit@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      Which is why no one mentioned or implied anything even remotely related to intellectual property. Not sure why it’s being brought up, but now we can get back on topic: people’s data being stolen, and then taking one small step towards rectifying that.

    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      • Intellectual property rights are granted by the state, and can be revoked as per law.

      • User data is not IP.

      • The legal owner of data about an user is (usually) the user.