This is how a tough new California law will protect Internet privacy

Jessica Guynn, USA TODAYPublished 7:08 p.m. ET June 28, 2018 | Updated 7:59 p.m. ET June 28, 2018

California State Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, uses his smartphone to record the Assembly vote data on a data privacy bill during the Assembly floor session, Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers approved the bill that would let consumers ask companies to delete their information or refrain from selling it, among other data privacy provisions. Hertzberg is a joint author of the bill with Assemblyman Ed Chau, D-Arcadia. (Photo: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California passed the nation's toughest online privacy law Thursday that, when it takes effect in January 2020, will change how businesses collect and sell people's personal information. 

Under the new law, California consumers will have the right to:

-- know all the data collected by a business and be able to transfer it twice annually for free.

-- to opt out of having their personal information sold (but companies will then be able to charge those consumers higher fees).

-- to delete their data.

-- to tell a business it can't sell their data.

-- to know why the data is being collected.

-- to be informed of what categories of data will be collected before it's collected and to be informed of any changes to that. 

-- to be told the categories of third parties with whom their data is shared and the categories of third parties from whom their data was acquired. 

-- to have businesses get permission before selling any information of children under the age of 16.

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