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On August 22, Marketwatch published an article entitled “California’s landmark privacy law is Facebook’s next ‘nightmare’.” In this blog will talk about how experts are seeing the potential impact of pro-consumer privacy protections as delivered by Prop 24 on...
We are very pleased that noted consumer protection organization Consumer Watchdog has endorsed Prop 24. Consumer Watchdog joins other noted civil society groups such as Common Sense and the NAACP, as well as a host of unions as well as legal and privacy experts....
California needs to upgrade its current privacy law. We should know, as our group, Californians for Consumer Privacy, we were the ones that worked over 2 years ago to see the current California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) come to fruition. In this blog...
One question we get frequently asked is … does Prop 24 get California closer to the broad privacy rights that Europeans have with their privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Our answer is Absolutely Yes! Prop 24 gives Californians privacy...
Constitutional Expert Confirms that Future Amendments Can Only be Made in Furtherance of Privacy, and the Purpose will be Upheld by Courts SACRAMENTO, CA — California Constitutional legal scholars, including David A. Carrillo, founding Executive Director of...
Proposition 24 (also known California Privacy Rights Act or “CPRA”) includes a one-way ratchet: a simple majority of the California Legislature (with the Governor’s consent) can amend the law in any way that is pro-consumer-privacy; but no amendments that harm...
It's been a while since we blogged, but here at Californians for Consumer Privacy, we have been busy the last 8 months. Amazingly, over 930,000 of our fellow Californians — more people than the population of states like Wyoming or Vermont, Alaska or...
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today the Yes on Prop 24 campaign released a “prospectus memo” by the opposition campaign to the California Privacy Rights Act, that shows a lead consultant for the No on 24 campaign is also working for giant ride-share app company...
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today the Yes on Prop 24 campaign released new polling from Goodwin/Simon Research on the official ballot label, which showed 81% of voters supporting the measure, as represented on the November ballot. The poll sampled 605 likely voters in...
CPRA, Signed by 931,000 Californians, Will Strengthen Consumer Privacy Rights and Enforcement, Tripling Fines for Violations of Children’s Privacy SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced an endorsement by Common Sense of...
Ballot Measure, Signed by 931,000 Californians, Will Strengthen Consumer Privacy Rights and Enforcement, Tripling Fines for Violations of Children’s Privacy SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that the California Privacy...
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced that it is submitting well over 900,000 signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act for the November 2020 ballot. Submission has begun in counties across the state and will continue...