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Recent privacy coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The board directed Sheriff Michael Johnson to return with system statistics and safeguards before a possible vote on ending the county’s agreement by the end of November.
The reconstituted group will develop a countywide surveillance policy and draft ordinance covering Flock cameras, drones and other technologies by the end of 2027.
Assembly Judiciary heard a bill that would create a voluntary first-look template for sensitive medical records and clarify e-service timing for certain motions.
AB 2624 cleared the Assembly 49-13 after a sharp floor debate over privacy, doxing and First Amendment concerns.
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee voted SB 1119 to Appropriations on July 1, while the available materials show SB 354 was heard but do not clearly capture its final disposition.
Supporters told lawmakers the bill would give adoptees access to original birth certificates while preserving a birth-parent contact-preference form.
The bill would impose a statewide data-retention standard for automated license plate reader systems after testimony about alleged misuse and audit concerns.
The June 17 hearing moved several insurance bills forward after testimony from fire survivors, consumer advocates and industry groups.
The measure would require platforms to notify users when federal agencies seek their data with administrative subpoenas and give them 30 days to respond or challenge.
SB 957 would require platforms to notify users when federal agencies seek their personal data through an administrative subpoena and give them 30 days to respond or challenge.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution framing artificial intelligence as a tool to ease vacancies, protect resident data and improve county services.
The bill moved 5-0 to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee after supporters and opponents debated algorithmic management and surveillance.
AB 2624 cleared the Assembly 49-19 after floor arguments over speech, fraud, and investigative reporting concerns.
The board’s June 2 meeting turned into a public debate over privacy, data retention and oversight of the county’s automated license plate reader program.
The committee advanced four insurance bills on April 15, including measures on FAIR Plan oversight, insurer use of aerial imagery, genetic data in underwriting and wildfire home-hardening grants.
Supporters cast the bill as a child-safety response to addictive platform design, while opponents warned of speech, privacy and access harms.