Western State Moving Biometric and Geolocating Data Security Bill. Read the Legislation.

The State: California

The Legislation: Assembly Bill 83

What does AB 83 require?

• expand data security requirements for businesses that retain biometric & geolocating data
• protect data collected by mobile apps or fitness devices
• protects data collected in photo taggins such as social media and photo storage services for photo tagging purposes.
• requires businesses to use a “reasonably prudent” standard

How does AB 83 accomplish its goals? By expanding the definitions of “personal information” to include “geolocation information” and “biometric information”

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