The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a US consumer advocacy group backed by the likes of Apple and Alphabet, has unveiled a privacy bill that is being pushed in the hopes of superseding California’s rules. The CDT draft contains similar provisions to the California Consumer...
The California legislature passed last August 31 several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act which are likely to impact its implementation significantly. Senate Bill 1121, where the amendments are set out, clarifies that the CCPA is to go into effect immediately after the bill is...
Silicon Valley giants Microsoft, Amazon, Uber, and Google had reportedly backed a campaign that opposes California’s Consumer Privacy Act. The tech companies had already donated thousands of dollars into the campaign. However, Facebook and Verizon eventually withdrew even after contributing $200,000. The Act seeks to...
Earlier this week, Facebook issued an official statement supporting the California Consumer Privacy Act, a measure that it had previously opposed. Chairman of Californians for Consumer Privacy Alastair Mactaggart responded by saying that they would want Facebook to work with them by providing public and financial...