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Calif. Governor vetoes bill requiring opt-out signals for sale of user data | Gavin Newsom said he opposes mandate on mobile operating system developers.

Gavin Newsom said he opposes mandate on mobile operating system developers.

Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required makers of web browsers and mobile operating systems to let consumers send opt-out preference signals that could limit businesses' use of personal information. "It's troubling the power that companies such as Google appear to have over the governor's office," said Justin Kloczko, tech and privacy advocate for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit group in California. Consumer Reports Policy Analyst Matt Schwartz said that "industry worked overtime to squash this bill, as it empowered Californians to better protect their privacy, undermining the commercial surveillance business model of these tech companies.

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