Protecting Our Privacy
Banks, insurance companies and other large institutions want to buy and sell your
personal, private information for a profit. Assemblyman Leland Yee believes you, the
consumer, should have the right to stop them. That’s why he worked in the Assembly to
support consumer privacy laws that give Californians important new rights – and why
he’ll continue to fight to protect you against the rich and powerful.
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| Landmark Privacy Protection. Strongly supported landmark
legislation authored by State Senator Jackie Speier to prohibit financial institutions
from sharing or selling nonpublic information without your consent
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| Unnecessary Privacy Disclosure. Voted for stronger privacy
protections that would have prohibited merchants from requesting or requiring personal
information when it is not necessary for the transaction (vetoed by Governor)
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| Confidential Information. Worked to prohibit accountants
from disclosing confidential information
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| Medical Privacy. Supported new law that prohibits any business
from seeking to obtain medical information from an individual for direct marketing
purposes without disclosing how it will use and share that information and obtaining
the consumer’s consent
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| Do Not Call. Worked to pass legislation establishing
California’s “Do Not Call” Law for cell phones, which allows Californians to
pre-register their names and phone numbers to the federal Do Not Call registry
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