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The privacy changes web browsers will be required to make under a new California law could set the de facto standard for the entire country, changing how Americans control their data when using the internet, according to experts.

Assembly Bill 566, recently signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, requires companies that make web browsers to offer users an opt-out “signal” that automatically tells websites not to share or sell their personal information as they browse.

“We expect it to have a national impact.”

Emory Roane, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

It will likely be easier for companies to roll out the service for the entire country, rather than for users only in California.

“It's such a trivial implementation,” said

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