Libbie Canter and Andrew Longhi of Covington and Burling write:
At its December 8 board meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) voted to advance a legislative proposal that would require vendors of web browsers to include a feature that would allow consumers to exercise data subject rights through opt-out preference signals. Regulations promulgated under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, provide that a business that receives a valid opt-out preference signal requesting that it not sell or share a consumer’s personal data is required to honor that request. Other states including Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Montana, Oregon, and Texas have included similar requirements in their state privacy laws.
Read more at Inside Privacy.