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California Social Networking Privacy Act Stalls

By Craig A. Hoffman on June 1, 2011 Posted in Online Privacy

California SB 242 (Social Networking Privacy Act), which we covered here, would require social networking websites to design default privacy settings that prevent information about a user from being displayed without affirmative consent from the user. On May 27, 2011, the bill failed to receive enough votes to pass the California Senate. The bill faced … Continue Reading

California SB 242 Mandates Default Social Networking Site Privacy Settings

By Craig A. Hoffman on May 19, 2011 Posted in Online Privacy

California state senator Ellen Corbett proposed an amended version of the Social Networking Privacy Act (SB 242) on May 10, 2011. SB 242 would require social networking websites to design default privacy settings that prevent any information about a user (other than name and city) from being displayed to the public or other users without … Continue Reading