News Summary

• California’s 2025 legislative session closed with 14 new privacy and AI-related bills.
• Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 656, which requires social media companies to make canceling an account straightforward and clear.
• SB 361 expands the obligations for data brokers to be transparent about personal information they collected and access, tightening oversight by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) This act requires browsers to include a setting that allows users to send an opt-out preference signal, letting Californians stop the sale or sharing of their data with a single action.