Big Win for Social Networks - CA Privacy Bill Defeated
The bill was defeated after being brought before the Senate 3 times. The final 2 votes both came in at 16-21. If the bill had passed, it would have required these companies like Google or Match.com to make their user settings private by default.
State Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett introduced the Social Networking Privacy Act to the state law in California. The bill received a lot of attention because it would have impacted not only social networks like Facebook, but it would have also impinge on any Web company that connected people to the Internet, such as Google, eHarmony, and Match.com.
The bill was defeated after being brought before the Senate 3 times. The final 2 votes both came in at 16-21.
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