Justin Kloczko follows tech and privacy for Consumer Watchdog. He’s a recovering daily newspaper reporter whose work has also appeared in Vice, Daily Beast and KCRW.
California’s privacy enforcement agency is investigating how car companies that collect personal data—a ballooning multibillion dollar industry—are complying with data privacy laws.
Jul 31, 2023
While companies such as Open AI, Meta and Google have agreed to promote “safety, security and transparency” regarding their AI technology with…
Jul 27, 2023
The new head of enforcement for the California Privacy Protection Agency was mostly recently a top lawyer for Amazon who defended the…
Jul 18, 2023
We’re getting our first peek at how the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is approaching its next round of rulemaking surrounding what…
Jul 17, 2023California’s new data privacy law won’t take effect until March 29, 2024 after a superior court judge Friday ruled the California Privacy…
Jun 30, 2023The California State Bar's investigation into LADWP misconduct has turned into one of the Bar's biggest cases yet.
Jun 28, 2023
By Justin Kloczko, CAL MATTERS Getting denied a home loan, never hearing back from that job you applied for – these things…
May 5, 2023The biggest lobbying arm of corporations in California has filed a lawsuit seeking to delay enforcement of the California Privacy Rights Act…
Apr 4, 2023
Los Angeles, CA—Today Consumer Watchdog released a report spotlighting the profiling flaws of algorithms and submitted a letter this week to the…
Mar 29, 2023
Automated decision-making has become the unseen hand of discrimination, preventing the most vulnerable members of society from achieving important life goals. More…
Mar 29, 2023Congress showed interest in the American Data Privacy and Protection Act last week, and California has sent another letter urging lawmakers to…
Mar 7, 2023Today Consumer Watchdog called on the city’s new leadership to address a bus shelter contract approved by the City Council that tracks…
Feb 14, 2023Welcome to the latest Truth in Privacy dispatch, Consumer Watchdog’s tech and privacy newsletter. There is a new threat to financial data…
Feb 9, 2023Los Angeles, CA—After nearly a year of rulemaking and over 1,000 pages of public comments later, the country’s first dedicated data privacy…
Feb 7, 2023April is the earliest regulations will be done.
Dec 27, 2022Welcome to the latest Truth in Privacy dispatch, Consumer Watchdog’s tech and privacy newsletter. Two years since the passage of the voter-approved…
Nov 1, 2022
Los Angeles, CA—As California begins to finalize a groundbreaking privacy law this week, Consumer Watchdog is calling on the agency drafting regulations…
Oct 25, 2022
Our personal data is sold hundreds of times a day and worth hundreds of billions1 of dollars, but if regulations for California’s…
Oct 19, 2022