Topic: California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) represents a significant step towards enhancing individual privacy rights by mandating transparency and control over personal data. However, it also faces strong opposition from Big Tech companies that seek to undermine its provisions, revealing the ongoing struggle between consumer privacy and corporate interests. This law highlights the critical need for robust protections against data collection and surveillance practices.
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The Opt-Out Button Is Decorative: A Guide to Hardening Your Browser
The opt-out button you’ve been clicking is decorative, so here is the browser build that stops asking nicely.
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The Secret Life of Your Utility Bill
Your power company might be the most valuable data broker you never noticed.
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California Becomes First State to Mandate Web Browsers Offer One-Click Data Sale Opt-Out Under New Privacy Law
A single click could soon silence the data brokers lurking behind every scroll and search.
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California to let “violence prevention” researchers access data of gun owners in the state
Going against the state’s own privacy proposals.
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California’s privacy law is targeting analytics
Will it help to curb online trackers?
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Biden’s new tech advisor wants to hold Big Tech accountable for hosting “misinformation”
Reed wants to strip back Big Tech protections to make them liable for the content they host. Proposed censorship.
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Tech giants tried but failed to prevent California Consumer Privacy Act
Only five amendments went through and none of them managed to compromise its goal or introduce loopholes that could be…
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Big tech is lobbying hard against state privacy laws
Tech giants say they don’t want individual state privacy laws.
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The New York Privacy Act goes beyond GDPR and introduces idea of “data fiduciary”
The proposed law is stricter than both European privacy laws and California’s proposed law.
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Tech giants want amendments to be made to California’s new privacy law
Tech giants believe the new law is rushed and should be amended to be fairer to companies.