A new California bill would ban selling or sharing consumers cell phone location data, and place restrictions on collecting it.
- Maryland became the first state to ban the sale of geolocation data in a privacy law enacted last year. Massachusetts, Vermont, and Virginia also considered such limits.
- Under current California law, a business can sell and share sensitive personal information, such as geolocation or genetic data, until the person opts out.
- Companies collecting such data would be required under a bill sponsored by Assemblymember Chris Ward (D) to prove it’s necessary to provide a good or service, and the ...