Lawmakers in the US state of California are considering a new bill that will mandate social networking sites to redesign their privacy policies.

The Social Networking Privacy Act (SB 242) was introduced by the California Senate’s majority leader, Ellen Corbett on May 2. The bill have a deep impact on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or any dating website that allow users to make public profiles.

The bill will allow users to create their privacy settings like who is allowed to view their profile and what information would be public to everyone on the Internet at the time of joining instead of later on.

"You shouldn't have to sign in and give up your personal information before you get to the part where you say, 'Please don't share my personal information,' " Corbett said.

The proposed SB242would require social networking sites to remove all information of users under the age of 18 that can be used to personally identify them, is requested by the user’s parents.

The bill also says that of a site fails to comply within 48 hours, it will have to pay a fine of $10,000 for each violation.