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Law Practice

Dec. 19, 2013

Privacy at the fore in 2013

Privacy took center stage in 2013 as a topic of public discourse. Companies' online privacy policies became a subject of great debate, and California legislators passed a rash of privacy-related laws.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Privacy took center stage in 2013 as a topic of public discourse following Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency's PRISM program, which cast doubt on the trustworthiness of the U.S. government and major technology companies involved in surveilling American citizens. The controversy made companies' online privacy policies a subject of great debate and inspired California le...

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