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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 22949.100) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.</ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes various privacy protections relating to the collection, use, sale, or distribution of personal information, images, or video recordings, including restrictions relating to the retention, access, use, sale, or sharing of images or video recordings collected through the operation of an in-vehicle camera.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would prohibit a security camera company, as defined, from distributing, selling, or otherwise authorizing a third party to access, use, or distribute video, images, or data obtained from a consumer’s security camera without first obtaining the consumer’s consent.</html:p>
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Chapter 43 (commencing with Section 22949.100) is added to Division 8 of the
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(a)
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For purposes of this chapter:
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“Content” means video, images, or data obtained from a security camera.
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“Security camera” means a device that is sold to monitor property or a structure for security purposes that captures or records videos or images that can be viewed live or reviewed later.
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“Security camera company” means an entity that sells security cameras or monitors content obtained from a security camera.
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A security camera company shall not distribute, sell, or otherwise authorize a third party to access, use, or
distribute content obtained from a consumer’s security camera without first obtaining the consumer’s consent.
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A security camera company shall not, by default, opt a consumer in to any feature that would distribute, sell, or otherwise authorize a third party to access, use, or distribute content obtained from a consumer’s security camera.
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