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Comment by nabnob

I see a lot of comments deriding this law, can someone explain to me why these are bad things? Quoting from this article - https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/28/landmark-california-privac...

- Businesses must disclose what information they collect, what business purpose they do so for and any third parties they share that data with.

- Businesses would be required to comply with official consumer requests to delete that data.

- Consumers can opt out of their data being sold, and businesses can’t retaliate by changing the price or level of service.

- Businesses can, however, offer “financial incentives” for being allowed to collect data.

- California authorities are empowered to fine companies for violations.

I totally understand that this will impact a lot of tech companies' profits...but that's to be expected if you're making money selling people's data to third parties without their permission.

parent nabnob 7 years ago

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