Fremont legislator’s bill gives consumers more control over their biometric data

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News April 7, 2022April 6, 2022

Senate Bill 1189, the Biometric Information Privacy Act, authored by state Sen. Bob Wieckowski would prohibit companies from disclosing someone's biometric information without their consent. (Image via Frepik)

Consumers will have the choice to consent before companies collect and disclose biometric information, such as DNA and retina images, under a bill passed by the California Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate Bill 1189, the Biometric Information Privacy Act, was authored by state Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont.

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Keith Burbank, Bay City News

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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