Protect California’s Digital Future: It’s Time to Pass SB 690 ⚖️📱

Hey, California legislature, you only have a month remaining to pass SB 690 out of the Assembly. SB 690 has been stuck in the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee since last year. The Bill has bipartisan sponsors!!! How often does that happen in this day and age, especially in California?!?

California businesses, hospitals, and non-profits are currently under siege from a wave of frivolous “wiretapping” lawsuits. Why? Because a 1960s law designed to stop physical phone tapping is being used to sue organizations for using standard website analytics and chatbots.

The California Assembly must act now to pass SB 690!

Here is why I believe this bill is essential:

* Stop “Lawsuit Abuse”: Hundreds of small businesses and non-profits are being targeted by “shakedown” litigation over standard software tools that help websites function.

* Protect Healthcare & Essential Services: Hospitals and clinics use chatbots and analytics to improve patient access. SB 690 ensures they aren’t penalized for providing digital-first care.

* Modernize Outdated Laws: CIPA was written before the internet existed. SB 690 clarifies that standard data processing for a “commercial business purpose” is not a crime.

* Align with the CCPA: California already has the strongest privacy laws in the country (CCPA). California doesn’t need conflicting, archaic statutes to govern modern data analytics.

* Economic Stability: Without these protections, the cost of digital compliance and legal defense will continue to drive innovation—and jobs—out of California.

Let’s protect the “inalienable right to privacy” without criminalizing the tools that make the modern web work.

Call to Action: Contact the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee today and tell them to support SB 690. Let’s bring California law into the 21st century.