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United States of America: Introduced Assembly Bill limits data retention of IoT providers

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Introduced Assembly Bill limits data retention of IoT providers

California Assembly Bill 1262 is introduced, aiming to limit the retention of voice data by developers of smart speakers. It requires developers to inform users that recordings are not used for advertising, shared with third parties without consent or retained electronically unless the user opts in, otherwise prohibiting the use of the voice recognition feature.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
technological consumer goods
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2021-02-19
under deliberation

California Assembly Bill 1262 is introduced, aiming to limit the retention of voice data by develop…

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Regulated subjects

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producer / supplier
1
Type Private organisation
Economic activity technological consumer goods
Category All

Policy change by business practice

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consumer data (all forms): data collection
consumer data (all forms): data processing
consumer data (all forms): transfer (any destination)

Policy change by business practice

The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.

consumer data (all forms): data collection

consumer data (all forms): data processing

consumer data (all forms): transfer (any destination)