SACRAMENTO — In response to aggressive immigration raids, a California lawmaker is reviving a bill that would bar data brokers from selling consumers’ precise location data.
The bill, AB322, aims to protect vulnerable people from a host of nefarious uses of their private data, said Assembly Member Chris Ward, D-San Diego. These people include sexual assault victims, women seeking abortion care and people attending protests. The measure is getting renewed attention in light of immigration raids and massive protests in the Los Angeles area.
“We’re seeing ICE raids across the state and we’re seeing mothers, fathers, children being kidnapped from the streets of California,” Assembly Member Liz Ortega, D-San Leandro, said at a news conference announcing the legislation. “This bill will ensure that our data is protected and that corporations and this government, the federal government, is not using it to weaponize our information to go after our beloved community members and taxpayers.”…