California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1281 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/12/2019

                    Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 10, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 02, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1281Introduced by Assembly Member Chau(Coauthors: Senators Nielsen and Wieckowski)February 21, 2019 An act to add Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1281, as amended, Chau. Privacy: facial recognition technology: disclosure.Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants, commencing on January 1, 2020, a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business. The act requires a business that collects personal information about a consumer to disclose the consumers right to delete personal information in a form that is reasonably accessible to consumers and in accordance with a specified process.This bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would require a business in California that uses facial recognition technology to disclose that usage in a physical sign that is clear and conspicuous at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology, as defined. The bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would make a business that violates these provisions liable for specified civil penalties.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) is added to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read:TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. (2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 10, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 02, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1281Introduced by Assembly Member Chau(Coauthors: Senators Nielsen and Wieckowski)February 21, 2019 An act to add Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1281, as amended, Chau. Privacy: facial recognition technology: disclosure.Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants, commencing on January 1, 2020, a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business. The act requires a business that collects personal information about a consumer to disclose the consumers right to delete personal information in a form that is reasonably accessible to consumers and in accordance with a specified process.This bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would require a business in California that uses facial recognition technology to disclose that usage in a physical sign that is clear and conspicuous at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology, as defined. The bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would make a business that violates these provisions liable for specified civil penalties.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 10, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 02, 2019

Amended IN  Assembly  April 12, 2019
Amended IN  Assembly  April 10, 2019
Amended IN  Assembly  April 02, 2019

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1281

Introduced by Assembly Member Chau(Coauthors: Senators Nielsen and Wieckowski)February 21, 2019

Introduced by Assembly Member Chau(Coauthors: Senators Nielsen and Wieckowski)
February 21, 2019

 An act to add Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1281, as amended, Chau. Privacy: facial recognition technology: disclosure.

Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants, commencing on January 1, 2020, a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business. The act requires a business that collects personal information about a consumer to disclose the consumers right to delete personal information in a form that is reasonably accessible to consumers and in accordance with a specified process.This bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would require a business in California that uses facial recognition technology to disclose that usage in a physical sign that is clear and conspicuous at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology, as defined. The bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would make a business that violates these provisions liable for specified civil penalties.

Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, grants, commencing on January 1, 2020, a consumer various rights with regard to personal information relating to that consumer that is held by a business. The act requires a business that collects personal information about a consumer to disclose the consumers right to delete personal information in a form that is reasonably accessible to consumers and in accordance with a specified process.

This bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would require a business in California that uses facial recognition technology to disclose that usage in a physical sign that is clear and conspicuous at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology, as defined. The bill bill, commencing on July 1, 2020, would make a business that violates these provisions liable for specified civil penalties.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) is added to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read:TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. (2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) is added to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read:TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. (2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

SECTION 1. Title 1.81.7 (commencing with Section 1798.300) is added to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. (2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. (2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure

TITLE 1.81.7. Facial Recognition Technology Disclosure

1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. (2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.



1798.300. (a) For the purposes of this title:

(1) Clear and conspicuous means in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols and other marks that call attention to the language. 

(2) Facial recognition technology means a software application used to automatically identify an individual from a digital image or video frames.

(b) A business in California that uses facial recognition technology shall disclose the usage of facial recognition technology in a physical sign at the entrance of every location that uses facial recognition technology. This sign shall be clear and conspicuous.

(c) (1) A business that fails to comply with subdivision (b) shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to seventy-five dollars ($75) for each violation, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) annually.

(2) Notwithstanding the annual maximum penalty established in paragraph (1), an additional penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per location annually may be assessed for knowing and willful violations.

1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.



1798.301. This title shall become operative on July 1, 2020.