StopCIPAShakedowns

Senator Caballero, Small Business Owners, Industry Leaders, and Privacy Experts Call for Passage of SB 690 to Stop the Surge of Predatory CIPA Shakedown Lawsuits x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

"Justice is supposed to protect the public. Injustice should not serve as a business model." Jaime Huff, CEO of the Civil Justice Association of California, in @SacBizJournal on #SB690: bizjournals.com/sacramento/new…

Predatory trial attorneys are weaponizing a 1967 wiretapping law against small businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies. "Every business with a website in California can become a target." — @CASenCaballero SB 690 is the fix. tinyurl.com/36a3hwvv

“We must protect consumer privacy, we must ensure our most private data remains private, but these CIPA lawsuits do nothing to increase consumer privacy protections," said Sen. Caballero. Read more @sacbee_news: sacbee.com/news/politics-… #StopCIPAShakedowns #SupportSB690

Small businesses, newspapers, and nonprofits came to the State Capitol in support of @CASenCaballero's #SB690. It will stop shakedown lawsuits while protecting consumer privacy. Read the full story: bizjournals.com/sacramento/new…

Sean Jimenez has run Socksmith in Santa Cruz since 2007. Today a CIPA shakedown is a near-daily job: $3K to $6K a month plus a $25K retainer just to respond to the law firm chasing him. SB 690 closes the loophole. #StopCIPAShakedowns #SB690 #CIPA

A LA fashion brand built around animal welfare is now spending its days fighting off trial lawyers. SpiritHoods founder Latif Hamilton was sued under a 1967 wiretapping law for having a website. 3,400+ of these shakedowns in 3 years. SB 690 stops the abuse. #SB690 #CIPA @KTLA

Rob McDaniel built Primal Pastures from 50 backyard chickens into a Murrieta family farm. Then he was sued under a 1967 wiretapping law for having a website. He's still putting the pieces back together. SB 690 ends the shakedown. #SB690 #CIPA @nbcsandiego @fox5sandiego @10News

Bakersfield small business owner Brandon Phipps (Second Star Technologies) was nearly wiped out by a predatory CIPA lawsuit. He paid tens of thousands to fix it. He did nothing wrong. CIPA abuse must stop. @KGETnews @23ABCNews @bakersfieldnow

“Consumers do not benefit from these lawsuits. They’re a revenue generator for attorneys, not a consumer protection tool.” Brandon Reilly, @manatt privacy partner who has handled 100+ #CIPA cases, in a @LADailyJournal op-ed in support of #SB690. dailyjournal.com/article/390865…

Elk Grove Plumbing owner Belinda Gutierrez on the very real consequences of unfair shakedown CIPA suits for businesses like hers. This is why we need SB 690.

SB 690 does NOT weaken privacy protections or impact real wiretapping cases. California’s CCPA already provides strong, actively enforced privacy safeguards. SB 690 simply clarifies that routine CCPA-regulated activity isn’t subject to private CIPA lawsuits.

Small businesses, non-profits, even gov agencies are being hit with CIPA claims under a 1967 statute never meant for modern data privacy. SB 690 provides simple clarity: routine CCPA-regulated activity isn’t wiretapping. #StopCIPAShakedowns #SB690

Businesses invested $55B to comply with CA’s privacy law — yet face repeat lawsuits under a 1967 wiretapping statute never meant for modern websites. Nearly 3,000 cases filed. No limit on repeat suits. Without reform, the shakedowns continue. #StopCIPAShakedowns #SB690