BILL NUMBER: SB 568 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Steinberg FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act relating to the Internet. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 568, as introduced, Steinberg. Internet: minors: protection. Existing federal law requires, among other things, an operator of an Internet Web site or online service directed to children or an operator of an Internet Web site or online service that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child to provide notice of what information is being collected, how that information is being used, and to give the parents of the child the opportunity to refuse to permit the operator's further collection of information from the child. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide protection on the Internet for minors. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide protection on the Internet for minors.