Bill Text: CA SB501 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Drivers' licenses: examinations: driving tests: proof of financial responsibility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-23 - From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on INS. and TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on INS. [SB501 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB501-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 501	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

    An act relating to privacy.   An act to add
Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 60) to Division 1 of the Civil
Code, relating to privacy. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 501, as amended, Corbett.  Privacy.  
Social networking Internet Web sites: privacy: minors.  
   Existing law requires an operator of a commercial Internet Web
site or online service that collects personally identifiable
information through the Internet about individual consumers residing
in California who use or visit its site or online service to
conspicuously post its privacy policy on its Internet Web site.
Existing law also prescribes various prohibitions with regard to
disclosures of personal information related to, among other things,
driver's licenses, social security numbers, and direct marketing.
 
   This bill would require a social networking Internet Web site, as
defined, to remove the personal identifying information, as defined,
of any registered user, as defined, within 96 hours after his or her
request and would also require removal of that information in that
same manner regarding a user under 18 years of age upon request by
the user's parent. The bill would impose a civil penalty, not to
exceed $10,000, for each willful and knowing violation of these
provisions.  
   Existing law requires an operator of a commercial Web site or
online service that collects personally identifiable information, as
defined, from California residents through an Internet Web site or
online service for commercial purposes, to conspicuously post its
privacy policy on its Internet Web site or online service or make the
policy available, as specified. Existing law requires that the
privacy policy identify certain information, including the categories
of personally identifiable information that the operator collects
about individual consumers who use or visit its Internet Web site or
online service and 3rd parties with whom the operator may share the
information.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would reform the privacy policies required for
operators of Internet Web sites and smart phone applications, as
specified. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 60)
is added to Division 1 of the   Civil Code   , to
read:  

      PART 2.8.  SOCIAL NETWORKING PRIVACY ACT


   60.  (a) (1) A social networking Internet Web site shall remove
the personal identifying information of a registered user in a timely
manner upon his or her request. In the case of a registered user who
identifies himself or herself as being under 18 years of age, the
social networking Internet Web site shall also remove the information
in a timely manner upon the request of a parent of the registered
user.
   (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 62, for purposes of
this subdivision, "personal identifying information" shall not
include a person's name.
   (b) A request submitted by a registered user pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall include sufficient information to verify the
identity of the user and shall specify any known location of the
information that is the subject of the request.
   62.  For purposes of this part:
   (a) "In a timely manner" means within 96 hours of delivery of the
request.
   (b) "Personal identifying information" means a person's name,
address, telephone number, driver's license number, social security
number, employee identification number, mother's maiden name, demand
deposit account number, savings account number, or credit card
number.
   (c) "Registered user" means any person who has created an account
for purposes of accessing a social networking Internet Web site.
   (d) "Social networking Internet Web site" means an Internet
Web-based service that allows an individual to construct a public or
partly public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of
other users with whom the individual shares a connection, and view
and traverse his or her list of connections and those made by others
in the system.
   65.  A social networking Internet Web site that willfully and
knowingly violates any provision of this part shall be liable for a
civil penalty, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each
violation of this part.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would reform the privacy policies required
for operators of Internet Web sites and smart phone applications into
a more effective tool to inform California consumers on the use,
collection, and sharing of their personal information. 
                         
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