Calif. Privacy Agency Sets May 4 Hearing; Mich. Democrats Float Bill

The California Privacy Protection Agency scheduled stakeholder sessions starting May 4 on its upcoming California Privacy Rights Act rulemaking, the CPPA said Wednesday. Meetings will be videoconferenced and more dates might be added depending on the number of signups, it said. The CPPA had informational sessions last month (see 2203300064). A Michigan privacy bill surfaced Tuesday. Rep. Sarah Anthony introduced HB-5989 with 14 other Democrats. It was referred to the House Communications and Technology Committee. The bill would give consumers the right to know what data is collected and whether and to whom it was sold, and a right to “say no” to personal data sale, targeted advertising and “profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.” Also, consumers could access collected personal data and request that businesses delete or correct it. It would prohibit discrimination of customers that exercise privacy rights. It would apply to businesses that control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers yearly or that get more than 50% of gross revenue from selling personal data of at least 25,000 consumers yearly. The Michigan attorney general would be sole enforcer of the proposed law, which wouldn’t provide a private right of action.