Californians could sue companies over privacy violations

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California residents could be getting even more rights when it comes to protecting their data. State officials proposed a new amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act that would allow consumers to sue companies that violate the new law.

or Amazon. Facebook declined to comment. Google and Marriott did not respond to a request for comment.

"Companies with endless resources will do everything they can to make it difficult for the AG," Steyer said in a statement."By allowing consumers their own right to take action to hold bad actors accountable for violating their privacy, this law adds needed enforcement teeth to CCPA and Common Sense is firmly in support."

Additionally, under the amendment companies would no longer be able to ask the state DOJ for"free" legal advice about complying with the privacy law — a benefit that was included in the original privacy law. The amendment would instead allow the Attorney General's office to publish general guidance for companies complying with CCPA that anyone could access.that would require companies to notify California residents when their passport, passport card or green card numbers are compromised in data breaches. It would also require customers be notified of compromised biometric information such as fingerprints.

 

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Demoncrats are more concerned about protecting their online data then a born baby

More chum for the gullibles to feast upon.

Yea but what other rights are we blindly giving up

Rights are not granted by the government.

More excuses to raise taxes to pay for the lawyers to run the office that regulates it.

Follow for follow immediately

So ....any guess on how many more companies will leave the state if this passes?

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