Three doors on a dark floor. The left door is chained and padlocked, labelled private section 638.51 suits, closed. The middle and right doors stand open with warm light inside, labelled section 631, ECPA and VPPA, and regulators, both open.

SB 690 explainer: one door closes, two stay open

California took the most common website-tracking lawsuit away from private plaintiffs. What closed, what stayed open, and what the retroactivity clause does to the cases already in court.

October 17, 2026 · 11 min · Romit Raj