SAG-AFTRA President - Gabrielle Carteris - sent out a message today, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017.
"As you may know, SAG-AFTRA and its members worked hard to
successfully advocate for the enactment of California’s AB 1687, a law
that requires subscription-based entertainment casting databases like 'IMDbPro' and 'IMDb.com' to remove subscribers’ date of birth information upon request. The law took effect on January 1, 2017."
"Regrettably, instead of simply following the law, IMDb has decided to
refuse to comply with the law and instead has filed a lawsuit against
the State of California in federal court in San Francisco seeking to
have a judge void the law based on several arguments under the US
Constitution. Despite having plenty of time to ask that judge to put AB 1687 on hold pending the litigation, IMDb did not do that. No court has
enjoined the law and on New Year’s Day it took effect."
"IMDb is now in open violation of the law and our attorneys are evaluating legal action against IMDb in addition to our defense of AB 1687 in federal court. The California Attorney General has the legal responsibility to defend the law. SAG-AFTRA also will be actively participating in defending the law and in making sure the courts understand the damage being done by IMDb’s insistence on making performers’ dates of birth available to casting decision makers...,"
"IMDb is now in open violation of the law and our attorneys are evaluating legal action against IMDb in addition to our defense of AB 1687 in federal court. The California Attorney General has the legal responsibility to defend the law. SAG-AFTRA also will be actively participating in defending the law and in making sure the courts understand the damage being done by IMDb’s insistence on making performers’ dates of birth available to casting decision makers...,"
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