California Lawmakers Advance Last-Minute Data Privacy Bill (go.com) 32
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: California state senators advanced a last-minute internet privacy bill Tuesday ahead of a deadline while acknowledging it would need changes if it becomes law. The bill would let consumers ask companies what personal data they collect and opt out of having their data sold, among other privacy provisions. Lawmakers voted to pass the measure, AB375, out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The bill is aimed at keeping a related initiative off the November ballot. Lawmakers negotiated it with San Francisco housing developer Alastair Mactaggart, who spent millions of dollars to place the initiative on the ballot. He said he would pull the measure from the ballot if the bill is signed into law by the Thursday deadline to withdraw initiatives. The bill now moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee, a spokeswoman for co-author Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, said. The full Assembly and Senate each plan to vote on the bill Thursday. Gov. Jerry Brown's office has not said whether he will sign it.
The bill is aimed at keeping a related initiative off the November ballot. Lawmakers negotiated it with San Francisco housing developer Alastair Mactaggart, who spent millions of dollars to place the initiative on the ballot. He said he would pull the measure from the ballot if the bill is signed into law by the Thursday deadline to withdraw initiatives. The bill now moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee, a spokeswoman for co-author Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, said. The full Assembly and Senate each plan to vote on the bill Thursday. Gov. Jerry Brown's office has not said whether he will sign it.
I love this part (Score:3)
> The bill would let consumers ask companies what personal data they collect and opt out of having their data sold, among other privacy provisions.
This badly needs to happen. ...I cant imagine companies like Facebook actually playing along with it for a single moment though, even if they claim they are.
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They probably wont play along. But I can see them instituting a "Check this box to pay with credit card" or "Check this box to allow us to collect personal information", then they can say they are waiving the $whatever monthly charge to use the service if you give them your info to sell.
Re:I love this part (Score:5, Insightful)
if you dont like facebook using your data, then dont use it.
If I don't use Facebook, they still collect my data from friends who do use it, and from sites I visit.
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Browsers have Add Ons to stop that kind of social media tracking.
Presuming you mean about "...from the sites I visit" what about the first part of GP's comment?
If I make a post on Facebook that says "I ran into AHuxley while at the $location", and Facebook uses that data as part of all the data it has on your (shadow?) account, what Browser Add On prevents that from happening?
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Should a person have a social media account and use that account then tracking could be expected.
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Browsers have Add Ons to stop that kind of social media tracking.
Which browser add on do I install to prevent people I know from sharing their address book with Facebook?
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Big brands just looked at better parts of the USA with no new tax.
CA brings in a privacy bill that stops ads and collect it all?
Every US state with low cost hydro/solar power, fast internet and a well educated population states to look much more investment worthy.
The more CA demands from the private sector, the more other better US states become a smarter investment option.
Big brands don't need CA. CA needs big brands to cover their state tax rates
I'd rather have the initiative (Score:4, Insightful)
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I agree with you. I think the fine is a little heavy handed in the initiative; my perfect version would have the fines from the legislative version. Personally, I don't think either version goes far enough as I would much rather an opt-in system like GDPR than an opt-out system. Ideally a statement in the bill that said a company that is GDPR compliant is complaint with this bill would be nice (making it easier for companies to have fewer compliance requirements).
The legislative version has a few major loo
Is This Good? (Score:2)
Is this the version that had its teeth removed by adding some huge loopholes?
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