Senate Bill No.

568

CHAPTER 336

An act to add Chapter 22.1 (commencing with Section 22580) to Division

8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to the Internet.

[Approved by Governor September 23, 2013. Filed with

Secretary of State September 23, 2013.]

legislative counsels digest

SB 568, Steinberg. Privacy: Internet: minors.
Existing law requires an operator of a commercial Web site or online
service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet
about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its
commercial Web site or online service to make its privacy policy available
to consumers, as specified.
Existing federal law requires an operator of an Internet Web site or online
service directed to a child, as defined, or an operator of an Internet Web site
or online service that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal
information from a child to provide notice of what information is being
collected and how that information is being used, and to give the parents of
the child the opportunity to refuse to permit the operators further collection
of information from the child.
This bill would, on and after January 1, 2015, prohibit an operator of an
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application,
as specified, from marketing or advertising specified types of products or
services to a minor. The bill would prohibit an operator from knowingly
using, disclosing, compiling, or allowing a 3rd party to use, disclose, or
compile, the personal information of a minor for the purpose of marketing
or advertising specified types of products or services. The bill would also
make this prohibition applicable to an advertising service that is notified by
an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or
mobile application that the site, service, or application is directed to a minor.
The bill would, on and after January 1, 2015, require the operator of an
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
to permit a minor, who is a registered user of the operators Internet Web
site, online service, online application, or mobile application, to remove, or
to request and obtain removal of, content or information posted on the
operators Internet Web site, service, or application by the minor, unless
the content or information was posted by a 3rd party, any other provision
of state or federal law requires the operator or 3rd party to maintain the
content or information, or the operator anonymizes the content or
information. The bill would require the operator to provide notice to a minor
that the minor may remove the content or information, as specified.

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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 22.1 (commencing with Section 22580) is added

to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:

Chapter 22.1. Privacy Rights for California Minors in the

Digital World

22580. (a)An operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online

application, or mobile application directed to minors shall not market or
advertise a product or service described in subdivision (i) on its Internet
Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application directed
to minors.
(b)An operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application,
or mobile application:
(1)Shall not market or advertise a product or service described in
subdivision (i) to a minor who the operator has actual knowledge is using
its Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
and is a minor, if the marketing or advertising is specifically directed to that
minor based upon information specific to that minor, including, but not
limited to, the minors profile, activity, address, or location sufficient to
establish contact with a minor, and excluding Internet Protocol (IP) address
and product identification numbers for the operation of a service.
(2)Shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph (1) if the operator
takes reasonable actions in good faith designed to avoid marketing or
advertising under circumstances prohibited under paragraph (1).
(c)An operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application,
or mobile application directed to minors or who has actual knowledge that
a minor is using its Internet Web site, online service, online application, or
mobile application, shall not knowingly use, disclose, compile, or allow a
third party to use, disclose, or compile, the personal information of a minor
with actual knowledge that the use, disclosure, or compilation is for the
purpose of marketing or advertising products or services to that minor for
a product described in subdivision (i).
(d)Minor means a natural person under 18 years of age who resides
in the state.
(e)Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application directed to minors mean an Internet Web site, online service,
online application, or mobile application, or a portion thereof, that is created
for the purpose of reaching an audience that is predominately comprised of
minors, and is not intended for a more general audience comprised of adults.
Provided, however, that an Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application, or a portion thereof, shall not be deemed
to be directed at minors solely because it refers or links to an Internet Web
site, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to

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minors by using information location tools, including a directory, index,

reference, pointer, or hypertext link.
(f)Operator means any person or entity that owns an Internet Web
site, online service, online application, or mobile application. It does not
include any third party that operates, hosts, or manages, but does not own,
an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
on the owners behalf or processes information on the owners behalf.
(g)This section shall not be construed to require an operator of an Internet
Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to collect
or retain age information about users.
(h)(1)With respect to marketing or advertising provided by an
advertising service, the operator of an Internet Web site, online service,
online application, or mobile application directed to minors shall be deemed
to be in compliance with subdivision (a) if the operator notifies the
advertising service, in the manner required by the advertising service, that
the site, service, or application is directed to minors.
(2)If an advertising service is notified, in the manner required by the
advertising service, that an Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application is directed to minors pursuant to paragraph
(1), the advertising service shall not market or advertise a product or service
on the operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or
mobile application that is described in subdivision (i).
(i)The marketing and advertising restrictions described in subdivisions
(a) and (b) shall apply to the following products and services as they are
defined under state law:
(1)Alcoholic beverages, as referenced in Sections 23003 to 23009,
inclusive, and Section 25658.
(2)Firearms or handguns, as referenced in Sections 16520, 16640, and
27505 of the Penal Code.
(3)Ammunition or reloaded ammunition, as referenced in Sections 16150
and 30300 of the Penal Code.
(4)Handgun safety certificates, as referenced in Sections 31625 and
31655 of the Penal Code.
(5)Aerosol container of paint that is capable of defacing property, as
referenced in Section 594.1 of the Penal Code.
(6)Etching cream that is capable of defacing property, as referenced in
Section 594.1 of the Penal Code.
(7)Any tobacco, cigarette, or cigarette papers, or blunt wraps, or any
other preparation of tobacco, or any other instrument or paraphernalia that
is designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco, products prepared from
tobacco, or any controlled substance, as referenced in Division 8.5
(commencing with Section 22950) and Sections 308, 308.1, 308.2, and
308.3 of the Penal Code.
(8)BB device, as referenced in Sections 16250 and 19910 of the Penal
Code.
(9)Dangerous fireworks, as referenced in Sections 12505 and 12689 of
the Health and Safety Code.

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(10)Tanning in an ultraviolet tanning device, as referenced in Sections

22702 and 22706.
(11)Dietary supplement products containing ephedrine group alkaloids,
as referenced in Section 110423.2 of the Health and Safety Code.
(12)Tickets or shares in a lottery game, as referenced in Sections 8880.12
and 8880.52 of the Government Code.
(13)Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, or any substance or material
containing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, as referenced in Section 379
of the Penal Code.
(14)Body branding, as referenced in Sections 119301 and 119302 of the
Health and Safety Code.
(15)Permanent tattoo, as referenced in Sections 119301 and 119302 of
the Health and Safety Code and Section 653 of the Penal Code.
(16)Drug paraphernalia, as referenced in Section 11364.5 of the Health
and Safety Code.
(17)Electronic cigarette, as referenced in Section 119405 of the Health
and Safety Code.
(18)Obscene matter, as referenced in Section 311 of the Penal Code.
(19)A less lethal weapon, as referenced in Sections 16780 and 19405
of the Penal Code.
(j)The marketing and advertising restrictions described in subdivisions
(a), (b), and (c) shall not apply to the incidental placement of products or
services embedded in content if the content is not distributed by or at the
direction of the operator primarily for the purposes of marketing and
advertising of the products or services described in subdivision (i).
(k)Marketing or advertising means, in exchange for monetary
compensation, to make a communication to one or more individuals, or to
arrange for the dissemination to the public of a communication, about a
product or service the primary purpose of which is to encourage recipients
of the communication to purchase or use the product or service.
22581. (a)An operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application directed to minors or an operator of an
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
that has actual knowledge that a minor is using its Internet Web site, online
service, online application, or mobile application shall do all of the following:
(1)Permit a minor who is a registered user of the operators Internet
Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to remove
or, if the operator prefers, to request and obtain removal of, content or
information posted on the operators Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application by the user.
(2)Provide notice to a minor who is a registered user of the operators
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
that the minor may remove or, if the operator prefers, request and obtain
removal of, content or information posted on the operators Internet Web
site, online service, online application, or mobile application by the registered
user.

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(3)Provide clear instructions to a minor who is a registered user of the

operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application on how the user may remove or, if the operator prefers, request
and obtain the removal of content or information posted on the operators
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application.
(4)Provide notice to a minor who is a registered user of the operators
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
that the removal described under paragraph (1) does not ensure complete
or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on the
operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application by the registered user.
(b)An operator or a third party is not required to erase or otherwise
eliminate, or to enable erasure or elimination of, content or information in
any of the following circumstances:
(1)Any other provision of federal or state law requires the operator or
third party to maintain the content or information.
(2)The content or information was stored on or posted to the operators
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application
by a third party other than the minor, who is a registered user, including
any content or information posted by the registered user that was stored,
republished, or reposted by the third party.
(3)The operator anonymizes the content or information posted by the
minor who is a registered user, so that the minor who is a registered user
cannot be individually identified.
(4)The minor does not follow the instructions provided to the minor
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) on how the registered user may
request and obtain the removal of content or information posted on the
operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application by the registered user.
(5)The minor has received compensation or other consideration for
providing the content.
(c)This section shall not be construed to limit the authority of a law
enforcement agency to obtain any content or information from an operator
as authorized by law or pursuant to an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(d)An operator shall be deemed compliant with this section if:
(1)It renders the content or information posted by the minor user no
longer visible to other users of the service and the public even if the content
or information remains on the operators servers in some form.
(2)Despite making the original posting by the minor user invisible, it
remains visible because a third party has copied the posting or reposted the
content or information posted by the minor.
(e)This section shall not be construed to require an operator of an Internet
Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to collect
age information about users.
(f)Posted means content or information that can be accessed by a user
in addition to the minor who posted the content or information, whether the

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user is a registered user or not, of the Internet Web site, online service,
online application, or mobile application where the content or information
is posted.
22582. This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2015.
SEC. 2. The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this
act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application.

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Bill No: SB 568

Author: Steinberg (D)
Amended: 8/15/13
Vote: 21

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 6-0, 4/23/13

AYES: Evans, Anderson, Corbett, Jackson, Leno, Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters

SENATE FLOOR: 37-0, 4/29/13

AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett, Correa,
De Len, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,
Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Monning,
Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Roth, Steinberg, Walters, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Liu, Vacancy, Vacancy

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 62-12, 8/26/13 - See last page for vote

SUBJECT: Privacy: Internet: minors

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST: This bill prohibits, on and after January 1, 2015, an operator of an

Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application, as
specified, from marketing specified types of products or services to a minor.
Prohibits an operator from knowingly using, disclosing, compiling, or knowingly
allowing a 3rd party to use, disclose, or compile, the personal information of a
minor for the purpose of marketing or advertising specified types of products or
services. This bill also makes this prohibition applicable to an advertising service,
as specified. This bill requires, on and after January 1, 2015, the operator of an
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Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to

permit a minor who is a registered user of the operators Internet Web site, online
service, online application, or mobile application to remove, or to request and
obtain removal of, content or information publicly posted on the operators Internet
Web site, service, or application by the minor, subject to specified conditions and
exceptions.

Assembly Amendments prohibit an operator from knowingly using, disclosing,

compiling, or allowing a 3rd party to use, disclose, or compile, the personal
information of a minor for the purpose of marketing or advertising specified types
of products or services, and make this prohibition applicable to an advertising
service that is notified by an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application that the site, service, or application is directed to
a minor. Amendments also specify the types of products and services that this
bills restrictions apply to (e.g. alcoholic beverages, firearms and ammunition,
dietary supplements), and make other technical and clarifying changes.

ANALYSIS:

Existing law:

1. Provides that, among other rights, all people have an inalienable right to pursue
and obtain privacy.

2. Permits a person to bring an action in tort for an invasion of privacy and

provides that in order to state a claim for violation of the constitutional right to
privacy, a plaintiff must establish the following three elements: (1) a legally
protected privacy interest; (2) a reasonable expectation of privacy in the
circumstances; and (3) conduct by the defendant that constitutes a serious
invasion of privacy. (Hill v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.) Recognizes
four types of activities considered to be an invasion of privacy, giving rise to
civil liability including the public disclosure of private facts.

3. Provides that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in information

posted on an Internet Web site. The information is no longer a private fact
that can be protected from public disclosure. (Moreno v. Hanford Sentinel.)

4. Requires an operator of an Internet Web site or online service directed to a

child, as defined, or an operator of an Internet Web site or online service that
has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child to
provide notice of what information is being collected and how that information

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is being used, and to give the parents of the child the opportunity to refuse to
permit the operators further collection of information from the child

This bill:

1. Declares that the operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application directed to minors or the operator of an
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application has
actual knowledge that a minor is using its Internet Web site, online service,
online application, or mobile application shall not do any of the following:

A. Market or advertise a product or service on the Internet Web site, online

service, online application, or mobile application directed to minors, or
to a minor who the operator has actual knowledge is using its Internet
Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application if the
marketing or advertising is for a product, as defined. An operator is
deemed to be in compliance if he/she takes reasonable actions in good
faith designed to avoid marketing or advertising to minors, as specified.

B. Knowingly use, disclose, compile, or knowingly allow a third party to

use, disclose, or compile, the personal information of a minor for the
purpose of marketing or advertising products or services if the
marketing or advertising is for a product, as defined.

2. Provides the following definitions:

A. Minor means a natural person under 18 years of age who resides in

the state.

B. Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile

application directed to minors means an Internet Web site, online
service, online application, or mobile application, or a portion thereof,
which is created for the purpose of reaching an audience that, is
primarily comprised of minors, and is not intended for more general
audience comprised of adults.

Clarifies that an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or

mobile application, or a portion thereof, not be deemed to be directed at
minors solely because it refers or links to an Internet Web site, online
service, online application, or mobile application directed to minors by

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using information location tools, including a directory, index, reference,

pointer, or hypertext link.

C. Operator means any person or entity that owns an Internet Web site,
online service, online application, or mobile application. It does not
include any third party that operates, hosts, or manages, but does not
own, an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application on the owners behalf or processes information on the
owners behalf.

D. Posted means content or information that can be accessed by a user in

addition to the minor who posted the content or information, whether
the user is a registered user or not, of the Internet Web site, online
service, online application, or mobile application where the content or
information is posted.

3. Declares that its provisions shall not be construed to require an operator of an

Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application to
collect or retain age information about users.

4. States that, with respect to marketing or advertising provided by an advertising

service, the operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application,
or mobile application will be deemed to be in compliance if the operator
notifies the advertising service, in the manner required by the advertising
service, that the site, service, or application is directed to minors.

5. Provides that if an advertising service is notified that an Internet Web site,

online service, online application, or mobile application is directed to minors
the advertising service will not market or advertise a product or service on the
operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application that state law expressly prohibits a minor from purchasing.

6. Details the products and services that the marketing and advertising restrictions
shall apply to.

7. Further requires that an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application directed to minors or an operator of an
Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application that
has actual knowledge that a minor is using its Internet Web site, online service,
online application, or mobile application will do all of the following:

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A. Permit a minor who is a registered user of the operators Internet Web

site, online service, online application, or mobile application to remove,
or to request and obtain removal of, content or information posted on
the operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or
mobile application by the user.

B. Provide notice to a minor who is a registered user of the operators

Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application that the minor may remove, or request and obtain removal
of, content or information posted on the operators Internet Web site,
online service, online application, or mobile application by that
registered user.

C. Provide clear instructions to a minor who is a registered user of the

operators Internet Web site, online service, online application, or
mobile application on how the user may request and obtain the removal
of content or information posted on the operators Internet Web site,
online service, online application, or mobile application.

D. Provide notice to a minor who is a registered user of the operators

Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application that the removal described under subdivision (b) does not
ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or
information on the operators Internet Web site, online service, online
application, or mobile application by the registered user.

8. Declares that an operator or a third party is not required to erase or otherwise

eliminate, or to enable erasure or elimination of, content or information in any
of the following circumstances:

A. Any other provision of federal or state law requires the operator or third
party to maintain the content or information.

B. The content or information was stored on or posted to the operators

Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile
application by a third party other than the minor, who is a registered
user, including any content or information posted by the registered user
that was republished or reposted by the third party.

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C. The operator anonymizes the content or information posted by the

minor who is a registered user, so that the minor who is a registered
user cannot be individually identified.

D. The minor does not follow the instructions provided on how a

registered user may request and obtain the removal of content or
information posted on the operators Internet Web site, online service,
online application, or mobile application by that registered user.

E. The minor has received compensation or other consideration for

providing the content.

9. Provides that its provisions shall not be construed to limit the authority of a
law enforcement agency to obtain any content or information from an operator
as authorized by law or pursuant to an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.

10. Declares that an operator shall be deemed compliant with this section if:

A. It renders the content or information posted by the minor user no longer

visible to other users of the service and the public even if the content or
information remains on the operators servers in some form.

B. Despite making the original posting by the minor user invisible, it

remains visible because a third party has copied the posting or reposted
the content or information posted by the minor.

11. Further declares that the provisions of this section not be construed to require
an operator or an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or
mobile application to collect age information about users.

12. Provides that the provisions of the bill become operative on January 1, 2015.

13. Provides that provisions of this bill are severable.

Background

Enacted in 1998, the federal Childs Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
(COPPA), requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue and enforce a
rule (the Rule) concerning childrens online privacy. The FTC further notes that:

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The primary goal of COPPA and the Rule is to place parents in control
over what information is collected from their young children online. The
Rule was designed to protect children under age 13 while accounting for
the dynamic nature of the Internet. The Rule applies to operators of
commercial websites and online services directed to children under 13 that
collect, use, or disclose personal information from children, and operators
of general audience websites or online services with actual knowledge that
they are collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children
under 13. (Federal Trade Commission: Frequently Asked Questions about
the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Rule
<http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm> [as of Apr. 19, 2013].)

On December 19, 2012, the FTC announced final amendments to the COPPA rule
in order to strengthen privacy protections for children and to give parents greater
control over personal information that online services may collect from children.
The New York Times December 19, 2012 article entitled New Online Privacy
Rules for Children reported:

In an era of widespread photo sharing, video chatting and location-based

apps, the revised childrens privacy rule makes clear that companies must
obtain parental consent before collecting certain details that could be used
to identify, contact or locate a child. These include photos, video and audio
as well as the location of a childs mobile device.

While the new rule strengthens such safeguards, it could also disrupt online
advertising. Web sites and online advertising networks often use persistent
identification systems like a cookie in a persons browser, the unique
serial number on a mobile phone, or the I.P. address of a computer to
collect information about a users online activities and tailor ads for that
person.

The new rule expands the definition of personal information to include

persistent IDs if they are used to show a child behavior-based ads. It also
requires third parties like ad networks and social networks that know they
are operating on childrens sites to notify and obtain consent from parents
before collecting such personal information. And it makes childrens sites
responsible for notifying parents about data collection by third parties
integrated into their services. (Singer, New Online Privacy Rules for
Children, The New York Times (Dec. 19, 2012)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/technology/ftc-broadens-rules-for-
online-privacy-of-children.html> [as of Apr. 19, 2013].)

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Prior legislation

SB 632 (Davis, 2009) would have required a social networking Internet Web site
to provide a disclosure to users that an image which is uploaded onto the Web site
is capable of being copied, without consent, by persons who view the image, or
copied in violation of the privacy policy, terms of use, or other policy of the site.
The bill was vetoed.

SB 1361 (Corbett, 2010) would have prohibited a social networking Internet Web
site, as defined, from displaying, to the public or other registered users, the home
address or telephone number of a registered user of that Internet Web site who is
under 18 years of age, as provided. This bill failed passage in the Assembly Arts,
Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee.

SB 242 (Corbett, 2011) would have prohibited a social networking Internet Web
site from displaying the home address or telephone number, in specified text fields,
of a registered user who identifies himself or herself as under 18 years of age. This
bill failed passage on the Senate Floor.

SB 761 (Lowenthal, 2012) would have required the Attorney General, by July 1,
2012, to adopt regulations that would require online businesses to provide
California consumers with a method for the consumer to opt out of the collection
or use of his or her information by the business. This bill died in the Senate
Appropriations Committee.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 8/29/13)

California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

Children Now
Common Sense Media
Crime Victim United of California
Klass Kids Foundation

OPPOSITION: (Verified 8/29/13)

The Center for Democracy and Technology

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ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Common Sense Media supports this bill based

upon their belief that, Children have unprecedented access to digital content and
products, and while this access creates incredible possibilities, it also brings
obvious pitfalls. There are inherent privacy risks when our personally identifiable
information is indiscriminately posted, indefinitely stored, and quietly collected
and analyzed by marketers and identity thieves. Those risks are especially serious
when it comes to kids and teens, who are tracked more closely and widely than
adults. This bill adds much-needed online privacy protections for kids and teens in
California, and ensures that they will be protected from advertising and marketing
that promotes products that are harmful and illegal for children. It is the height of
irresponsibility for sites that cater to minors to market products that minors cannot
legally purchase.

Additionally, as we live more and more of our lives online, it is imperative that
our kids have the option to erase data they have shared, posted, or otherwise
provided to an online or mobile company, oftentimes without clear consent or
parental knowledge and guidance. This bill empowers kids, teens, and their
families by providing this important option. Regardless of the platforms we use,
our personal information belongs to us. It is not a commodity to be controlled and
traded by online and mobile companies.

ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: The Center for Democracy and Technology

opposes this bill and writes, Unfortunately, we remain concerned that the bills
focus on sites directed to minors under the age of 18 will leave operators of
websites, online services, and applications that are popular with young adults
uncertain of their obligations under the law. As discussed in our comments to the
earlier draft legislation, we are principally concerned that this legal uncertainty for
website operators will discourage them from developing content and services
tailored to younger users, and will lead popular sites and services that may appeal
to minors to prohibit minors from using their services. Because of this concern that
the bill will have the unintended consequence of reducing minors access to
information and platforms for expression online, CDT must continue to oppose SB
568.

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 62-12, 8/26/13

AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra,
Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chvez, Chesbro, Cooley, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hall, Roger
Hernndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina,
Mitchell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V.

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Manuel Prez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,

Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Prez
NOES: Allen, Dahle, Donnelly, Grove, Harkey, Jones, Linder, Logue, Mansoor,
Melendez, Morrell, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Conway, Hagman, Patterson, Waldron, Vacancy,
Vacancy

AL:d 8/29/13 Senate Floor Analyses

SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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