Newsom Vetoes Opt-in Privacy Right For All Minors’ Data

Businesses in California will not have to get prior consent before selling or sharing the personal data of all minors who reside in the state, under a measure Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed Saturday.

The legislation (A.B. 1949) by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D) would have changed state privacy law so that Californians aged 16 and 17, like all other children, will have to give permission first, or opt in, before any business sells or shares their personal data. Previously, those two ages were lumped with adults in having to file an opt-out request after a business is already ...