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posted by takyon on Monday May 07 2018, @07:49PM   Printer-friendly
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


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by frojack on Tuesday May 08 2018, @12:34AM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday May 08 2018, @12:34AM (#676844) Journal

    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.

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