Bill Text: CA AB846 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public employment: public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 322, Statutes of 2020. [AB846 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB846-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 846

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Introduced by Assembly Members Burke, Low, and Mullin

February 20, 2019

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An act relating to consumer privacy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 846, as introduced, Burke. Customer loyalty programs.

Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, beginning on January 1, 2020, grants a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business. The act prohibits a business from discriminating against the consumer for exercising any of the consumer’s rights under the act, except if the differential treatment is reasonably related to value provided by the consumer’s data.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would clarify that the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 does not prohibit a consumer from choosing to participate in a customer loyalty program that offers incentives such as rewards, gift cards or certificates, discounts, or other benefits and would further clarify that a business that offers a customer loyalty program may continue to offer rewards, gift cards or certificates, discounts, or other benefits associated with a customer loyalty program in a manner that is reasonably anticipated within the context of a business’s ongoing relationship with a consumer.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California consumers enjoy the benefits and convenience of customer loyalty programs. Studies show all of the following:

(1) Eighty percent of adults belong to some type of customer loyalty program.

(2) Customer loyalty program membership increased by 15 percent between 2015 and 2017.

(3) Eighty-seven percent of customer loyalty program members say they are open to sharing personal information about their activity and behavior in order to receive more personalized rewards.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would clarify that the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 does not prohibit a consumer from choosing to participate in a customer loyalty program that offers incentives such as rewards, gift cards or certificates, discounts, or other benefits and would further clarify that a business that offers a customer loyalty program may continue to offer rewards, gift cards or certificates, discounts, or other benefits associated with a customer loyalty program in a manner that is reasonably anticipated within the context of a business’s ongoing relationship with a consumer.