Social networking Internet Web sites: privacy: minors.

Existing law requires an operator of a commercial Internet Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its commercial Internet Web site or online service to conspicuously post its privacy policy on its Internet Web site. Existing law also prescribes various prohibitions with regard to disclosures of personal information related to, among other things, driver's licenses, social security numbers, and direct marketing. This bill would prohibit a social networking Internet Web site, as defined, from displaying, to the public or other registered users, the home address or telephone number of a registered user of that Internet Web site who is under 18 years of age, as provided. This bill would impose a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for each willful and knowing violation of this prohibition.