Assembly committee moves bill aimed at blocking ‘abusive’ CIPA lawsuits targeting routine website practices
Sen. Caballero’s SB 690 (presented as SB 6 90 in transcript) would reduce the ability to use the 1967 California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to extract large damages from businesses over routine web tracking; backers framed it as closing a litigation loophole while privacy and immigrant‑rights groups urged more caution.
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Sen. Caballero asked the committee to advance a bill to prevent what supporters described as an explosion of opportunistic lawsuits that repurpose the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to pursue statutory damages against businesses for ordinary web tracking practices.
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