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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.With the signing of the California Consumer Privacy Act last week, privacy advocates and commentators are beginning to consider and comment on the potential result of this action. Provided below are extracts from two recent articles highlighting the bill and the potential scope of its impact.
New California Privacy Law: Consumers 1; Internet Companies #!@%!
Extract from article by William Vogeler
Privacy advocates love California’s new personal data law; internet companies, not a data bit.
No sooner had Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Consumer Privacy Act than Silicon Valley began to erupt in protest. Consumer groups, on the other hand, saw it as a sign of good things to come.
“This is a milestone moment for privacy law in the United States,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. It may also be an epic harbinger of privacy lawsuits.
“Milestone Moment”
The law gives consumers the right to know what personal information is being collected about them and whether it is being sold and to whom. It also empowers them to delete the collected information and to stop the sale of their information.
Read the complete article at New California Privacy Law: Consumers 1; Internet Companies #!@%!
California’s New Privacy Law Sets Stage for National Debate
Extract from article by David McCabe
The privacy bill signed into law in California on Thursday won’t settle the global fight over privacy, but it does usher in a new phase that could lead to a new national model for regulating data online.
The big picture:
Policymakers around the globe — in Washington, Brussels and now Sacramento — are all articulating different visions of how consumer data should be handled online. There may only be one internet, but there are many jurisdictions, and tech’s colossus companies must deal with all of them.
