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Government,
Civil Rights

Sep. 17, 2019

Data privacy bills may be models, but users unlikely to get data

While five amendments and a separate bill just passed by the Legislature significantly deem consumers the owners of the private data they give to companies that doesn’t mean the users will be able to get it back, attorneys noted.

While five amendments and a separate bill just passed by the Legislature significantly deem consumers the owners of the private data they give to companies that doesn’t mean the users will be able to get it back, attorneys noted.

With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expected signature within a month, the California Consumer Privacy Act, is “effectively a national law” because of the size of state’s economy, said Michael A. Gold, a partner and ...

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