News release
Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced the introduction of the Whistleblower Protection and Privacy Act (Assembly Bill 2021), according to a news release from the assemblywoman’s office.
The legislation, introduced in partnership with the California Privacy Protection Agency, establishes a robust protection and incentive framework for individuals who expose companies illegally collecting, selling, or failing to delete the private data of Californians — especially children, the release said.
AB 2021 would create new protections and support for whistleblowers who report illegal or improper use of Californians’ personal and sensitive data to CalPrivacy for information like ed tech tracking a child’s academic struggles, sensitive personal information like medical diagnoses, and private precise locations, the release said.
“As a mother, I live with a constant, nagging concern that I know many of you share: What exactly is being collected about our children? Our most sensitive information — where we take our kids to school, our most private health journeys, our very identities — is not just ‘data.’ In the wrong hands, it’s a weapon,” Schiavo said in the release. “If a business is illegally profiting off of you or your child’s data, or if they are keeping and selling information you explicitly told them to delete, we need to protect the people of integrity who come forward to protect us. The Whistleblower Protection and Privacy Act will help reveal...
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