from the surveillance-target-list-compilation dept.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act's backers have turned in 625,000 signatures in their effort to get the measure on the California ballot in November, they said Thursday.
The proposed initiative aims to allow consumers to see what personal information companies are collecting about them and ask the companies to stop selling that information, and also seeks to hold businesses accountable for data breaches.
[...] The measure is opposed by companies such as AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and Google, which have all donated $200,000 each to fight the measure. Facebook has also given $200,000 to the opposition. However, Facebook last month said it would leave the effort to fight the initiative.
Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/03/california-privacy-measures-backers-submit-signatures/
The California Consumer Personal Information Disclosure and Sale Initiative (#17-0039) may appear on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
See also: Facebook withdraws from group fighting a major California privacy initiative
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 07 2018, @09:53PM
Too late to pretend you're not a vampire squid.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 07 2018, @10:02PM (1 child)
... But commenting would reveal too much about how we feel.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday May 07 2018, @10:20PM
Yup. This is one topic where even the trolls have to pass, on ethical grounds.
(Score: 5, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Monday May 07 2018, @11:40PM
When I want privacy, I don't sign my real name. When I do a contract and it needs to be private, I use a fake name. David Dennison. And I tell the other person, we made up a fake name for you, it's not your stage name. Peggy Peterson. And the private contract is between those fake people. But we do a second contract that says, David Dennison is really Donald J. Trump. And Peggy Peterson is really whoever. Obviously I'm not going to say who it is. Because it's private. When we sign, we sign the first contract with our fake names. And we sign the second contract with our real names. Very important to sign both contracts!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday May 08 2018, @12:25AM
Then you can blackhole google analytics with your hosts file
If you don't know what a hosts file is ask someone who's into computers
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by frojack on Tuesday May 08 2018, @12:34AM
ASK?
How wonderfully useful!!
How about requiring payment each time the info is sold, with a statutory minimum of one dollar per person.
Sets a bottom price per person included, and makes it viable all at once.
$10 if it includes personally identifying information.
$500 if it includes ssn, credit cards, phone numbers or emails.
$1000 if it includes medical information or DNA info,
Waivers for info exchange among health care providers and insurers, mortgage holders, etc, holding signed pre-authorizations from client and evidence of an actual client relationship, etc.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 08 2018, @02:14AM
Go ahead and laugh, but a lot of stuff starts in Cali. Most of it I disagree with. Some of it I despise. California is a leading police state, among other things. It is also the leading socialist state. I really don't like California very much.
But, sometimes, I actually agree with California's goals. This is one of those cases. In the privacy war, corporations are Goliath, and the citizen/consumer/peasant/product is little David. Californians want to cut Goliath off at the knees, and level the playing field. Anything that strengthens privacy is a good thing in my books.