Plain English Breakdown
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AB-883: Deletion of Personal Information for Elected Officials and Judges
This law requires data brokers to check a deletion system every 30 days instead of 45, and creates a special process where government agencies provide lists of elected officials and judges so their personal information can be deleted by data brokers.
What This Bill Does
- Changes the rule requiring data brokers to access the accessible deletion mechanism from at least once every 45 days to at least once every 30 days.
- Requires the Secretary of State, certain local government officials, and the Judicial Council to provide confidential lists containing personal information about state elected officials, local elected officials, and California judges to the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA).
- Requires that elected officials and judges be given an opportunity to remove their own information from these lists before they are shared.
- Requires the CPPA to upload these lists to the accessible deletion mechanism.
- Orders data brokers to delete personal information found on these uploaded lists within 10 days.
- Authorizes an elected official or judge, or legal representatives such as the Attorney General, county counsel, or city attorney acting on their behalf, to file a civil lawsuit against a data broker that violates these deletion requirements.
Who It Names or Affects
- Data brokers who collect and sell personal information
- State elected officials
- Local elected officials
- California judges
- The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)
- Legal representatives including the Attorney General, county counsel, or city attorney
Terms To Know
- Data broker
- A business that knowingly collects and sells personal information of consumers with whom it does not have a direct relationship.
- Accessible deletion mechanism
- An online system established by the California Privacy Protection Agency where requests to delete personal information from data brokers are processed.
Limits and Unknowns
- The provisions regarding notice and enforcement for elected officials and judges will not take effect until July 1, 2027.
- Reimbursement to local agencies for costs mandated by this bill depends on a determination by the Commission on State Mandates.