California is rewriting the rules of the internet. Businesses are scrambling to keep up
5 years ago

California is rewriting the rules of the internet. Businesses are scrambling to keep up

LA Times  

A sweeping new law that aims to rewrite the rules of the internet in California is set to go into effect on Jan. 1. In the data economy, users’ personal information can be used in lightning-fast transactions, like the real-time auction that goes on behind each online ad, and stored in databases for decades. Sometimes, companies sell personal information — someone’s location, age or even name — without any contact information, or easy ways to verify that individual’s identity. “As such, there is no particular value of data allocated on any existing balance sheet.” The most wide-ranging effects of the new law fall on the online ad economy and the businesses — including tech giants such as Facebook and Google and media companies such as the Los Angeles Times — that rely on it. The privacy law doesn’t break the real-time bidding chain of data transfer and ad display — and Mactaggart has been clear that that was never the intent — but it does allow users to opt out of the second phase of the process, in which user data are stored and packaged to be sold in the future.

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California lawmakers fast-track bill that would require online sellers to verify their identity
6 months, 4 weeks ago

California lawmakers fast-track bill that would require online sellers to verify their identity

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California bill that would require marketplaces like eBay and Nextdoor to start collecting bank accounts and tax identification numbers from high-volume sellers who advertise online but collect payments offline was fast-tracked by Democratic lawmakers with committees voting on it Tuesday. Proponents, including district attorneys and some big box retailers, said the data collection proposal would shut …

Data privacy: Consumer Reports’ app Permission Slip asks companies to not collect or sell your data.
55 years ago

Data privacy: Consumer Reports’ app Permission Slip asks companies to not collect or sell your data.

Slate  

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. On each card, you can click a button to see a summary of the specific types of data the company collects about its users and then choose how you want Permission Slip to help you. Related From Slate They See You When You’re Shopping Of course, in order …

Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal data
1 year, 2 months ago

Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal data

LA Times  

Californians will be able to make a single request asking that data brokers delete their personal information, under a bill Gov. It’s also tough for consumers to know which data brokers have their personal data, and businesses might deny a deletion request. “The DELETE Act protects our most sensitive information.” Newsom’s signing of the bill, he added, also “enshrines California …

California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data
1 year, 3 months ago

California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data

LA Times  

California lawmakers say they want to make it easier for people to delete personal information held by data brokers. California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill known as the Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal information. Sen. Josh Becker said on the Senate floor that the bill would …

Carmakers fail privacy test, give owners little or no control on personal data they collect
1 year, 4 months ago

Carmakers fail privacy test, give owners little or no control on personal data they collect

The Hindu  

Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. But drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect, researchers for the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Wednesday in their latest “Privacy Not Included” survey Security standards are also vague, a big concern given automakers’ track record of susceptibility to hacking. In a letter sent Tuesday to …

‘Wiretaps on wheels’: How your car is collecting and selling your personal data
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Wiretaps on wheels’: How your car is collecting and selling your personal data

LA Times  

Heavy traffic heads south on Interstate 93 over the Zakim Bridge in Boston. But drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect, researchers for the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Wednesday in their latest “Privacy Not Included” survey. In a letter sent Tuesday to U.S. House and Senate leadership, it said it shares “the goal …

California could make it easier to scrub your personal data from the web. Businesses are pushing back
1 year, 4 months ago

California could make it easier to scrub your personal data from the web. Businesses are pushing back

LA Times  

John Gilmore knows how tough it is for people to scrub their personal data from the internet, even in California, where consumers have privacy rights. “There’s a lot of risks with our information being out there that people just aren’t aware of,” said Sen. Josh Becker, who wrote Senate Bill 362 to allow consumers to make one request to get …

Editorial: Congress must fix data privacy bill so it doesn’t hurt Californians
2 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: Congress must fix data privacy bill so it doesn’t hurt Californians

LA Times  

At long last, Congress appears close to crafting a law to protect Americans’ data privacy on the internet. It’s weaker than the privacy laws on the books in California and contains a provision that says the federal policy would override state laws. It’s not surprising that businesses want to avoid having to comply with a patchwork of different data privacy …

California voters approve expansion of data privacy law
4 years, 2 months ago

California voters approve expansion of data privacy law

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — In the state that is home to Silicon Valley and serves as the headquarters for Google, Facebook and other tech titans, voters strengthened data privacy protections by approving a ballot measure that supporters tout as a model for other states. “We will now be able to stop businesses from using our most intimate, most personal information — …

With Prop. 24, California is trying to rewrite the rules of online privacy. Again.
4 years, 2 months ago

With Prop. 24, California is trying to rewrite the rules of online privacy. Again.

LA Times  

State Sen. Bob Hertzberg, left, and Assemblyman Ed Chau, right, celebrate with Alastair Mactaggart, center, in June 2018 after the Legislature approved their data privacy bill. Proposition 24 aims to refine and expand the rules of the California Consumer Privacy Act, the 2019 law that gave Californians more power over how companies collect and sell their information. Some groups that …

Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 24. It’s not perfect, but it would improve online privacy
4 years, 3 months ago

Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 24. It’s not perfect, but it would improve online privacy

LA Times  

Over the last decade, personal data has become the invisible currency that funds much of the internet. Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act, would expand Californians’ privacy rights in several areas, while also amending the current law in several ways that are hotly disputed. And it would bring California law much more closely into line with …

Want access to your personal data? Hand over more please and ensure you smile for requested photo ID
4 years, 11 months ago

Want access to your personal data? Hand over more please and ensure you smile for requested photo ID

Firstpost  

To get your personal data, you may have to give up more personal data. Alistair Barr of Bloomberg called it “the new privacy circle of hell.” The new year ushered in a landmark California privacy law that gives residents more control over how their digital data is used. “This is a nightmare future where I can’t request my data from …

California’s Privacy Law Goes Into Effect Today. Now What?
5 years ago

California’s Privacy Law Goes Into Effect Today. Now What?

Wired  

Fittingly for the start to a new decade, California decided to go big with its 2020 New Year’s resolution. Passed unanimously in June 2018, it’s the first law in the US to set up a comprehensive set of rules around consumer data, akin to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. The most significant categories are what Alastair …

It’s 2020 and you have new privacy rights online. But you might have to show ID
5 years ago

It’s 2020 and you have new privacy rights online. But you might have to show ID

LA Times  

The internet is going to look, and work, a little different starting today. That’s because Californians have new rights over how their personal information is gathered, stored and sold by any company operating in the state as of Jan. 1, thanks to the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. This also means that companies have to notify you — typically …

California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law
5 years ago

California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law

NPR  

California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Gravy/Getty Images/Ikon Images Saul Gravy/Getty Images/Ikon Images On Jan. 1, the toughest data privacy law in the U.S. goes into effect: the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. "On Jan. 1, 2020, all Californians will be able to find out what personal …

Column: California becomes a leader on privacy rights, but the battle is just beginning
5 years ago

Column: California becomes a leader on privacy rights, but the battle is just beginning

LA Times  

Starting on Jan. 1, Californians can expect to find a new feature on retail and social media websites — a message and button or link through which they can instruct site owners not to sell their personal information. Business Column: Big business is trying to gut California’s landmark privacy law Last summer, after years of inaction on consumer privacy by …

Column: Big business is trying to gut California’s landmark privacy law
5 years, 8 months ago

Column: Big business is trying to gut California’s landmark privacy law

LA Times  

Last summer, after years of inaction on consumer privacy by the federal government and slipshod privacy protection by big businesses collecting personal data, the California Legislature took matters into its own hands. According to a legislative outline, the measure gives consumers important rights concerning the collection of their personal information by a business — “the right to delete it, the …

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