Opinion By Jamie Court for THE MERCURY NEWS
May 25, 2021
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/25/opinion-california-air-board-sho…
When Elon Musk joked on Saturday Night Live that cryptocurrency was a “hustle,” he unwittingly summed up the strategy by which Tesla has fleeced the state of California.
By Sean Lyngaas, CYBERSCOOP
March 19, 2021
https://www.cyberscoop.com/verkada-breach-surveillance-facial-recogniti…
Even for Elisa Costante, who studies vulnerabilities in surveillance devices for a living, the breach at the security-camera startup Verkada was startling.
Californians enacted the strongest privacy law in America, Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act, on election night by 56%.
By Jonathan Greig, TECH REPUBLIC
November 5, 2020
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/california-voters-back-new-data-pr…
Millions of California voters have backed a controversial amendment to the state's consumer privacy laws, voting in favor of Proposition 24 by a 56%-44% margin.
By Staff Reporters, CBS Sacramento TV-13
November 4, 2020
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/11/04/proposition-24-the-propositi…
Proposition 24 has passed, the Associated Press reports.
Critics worry that the curatives in Prop. 24 are worse than the disease of privacy-rights violations.
By Seth Rosenblatt, DARK READING
November 2, 2020
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/californias-prop-24-splits-privacy…
In a letter to the Senate Elections Committee, Consumer Watchdog questions the Big Tech company's motives
By Julia Musto, FOX BUSINESS
October 31, 2020
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/watchdog-group-calls-for-investiga…
Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today called for the Senate Elections Committee to investigate why a Google search for Prop 24 was, until last night, the only one of 12 ballot initiatives where the result for the nonpartisan Secretary of State reflected the “Con” argument’s negative propaganda.
By Patrick W. Dunne, DIGITAL PRIVACY NEWS
October 29, 2020
https://digitalprivacy.news/2020/10/29/privacy-experts-split-on-calif-s…
California residents will vote Tuesday on a divisive privacy initiative: Prop 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act.
By Doug Sovern, KCBS AM San Francisco, CA
October 27, 2020
Click here to listen to Carmen Balber of Consumer Watchdog explain how Prop 24 will strengthen privacy protections in California: https://consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/RADKCBS_Carmen…
By Nicole Nixon, KPBS, CAPITOL PUBLIC RADIO
October 23, 2020
https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/san-diego-news-matters/2020/oct/23/candid…
Californians are voting on a dozen ballot propositions this election, including Prop 24, which would tweak the state’s new digital privacy law. CapRadio’s Nicole Nixon reports.
By Wendy Davis, MEDIAPOST DIGITAL NEWS DAILY
October 23, 2020
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/357145/consumer-reports-…
The influential watchdog Consumer Reports has endorsed a ballot initiative aimed at strengthening California's already broad privacy law.
By J. Jennings Moss, SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL
October 9, 2020
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/10/09/prop-24-would-…
By J. Jennings Moss – Silicon Valley Business Journal
10 hours ago
By John Woolfolk, THE MERCURY NEWS
October 5, 2020
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/05/prop-24-big-tech-quiet-in-califo…
Proposition 24 on the November ballot is pitched as an expansion of California's already robust consumer data privacy law, an iron cuff on the claws of companies that profit handsomely from tracking and selling your online search, travel and purchase habits to marketers.
Host - Larry Mantle, AIR TALK - KPCC 89.3 FM SCPR Pasadena, CA
September 30, 2020
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment: https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2020/09/30/66072/a-new-bill-aims-…
This November, Californians will find a new privacy bill on their ballots.
Silicon Valley has enthusiastically backed Ms. Harris since she first ran for state attorney general in California a decade ago.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi, Stephanie Saul and Kenneth P. Vogel, THE NEW YORK TIMES
August 20, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/technology/kamala-harris-ties-to-big…
By Jeremy B. White, Carla Marinucci, Graph Massara and Aaron Leathley, POLITICO PLAYBOOK
August 13, 2020
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2020/08/13/evi…
Los Angeles, CA --- The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog today endorsed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Proposition 24, as a major step forward to enshrine the privacy rights of Californians and safeguard it from legislative assault, add key new protections, and introduce a tough European privacy regime to California.
By Matt Stevens, Thomas Kaplan and Stephanie Saul, THE NEW YORK TIMES
August 12, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/kamala-harris-issues-pol…
Ms. Harris sometimes struggled to clearly define her stances during her unsuccessful presidential campaign. But in recent months, she has emerged as a leading voice on racial justice and inequality.
By John P. Mello, Jr., TECH NEWS WORLD
December 3, 2019
https://www.technewsworld.com/story/EU-Digital-Czar-to-Probe-Facebooks-…
The European Union has launched a probe into how Google and Facebook gather, process, use and monetize data for advertising purposes.
By Vanessa Borge, Good Day LA, KTTV FOX TV-11 Los Angeles, CA
November 21 2019
https://www.foxla.com/news/consumer-watchdog-shares-ways-to-avoid-onlin…
LOS ANGELES - It's the holidays meaning more of us are shopping - specifically shopping online.
By Chris Mills Rodrigo, Maggie Miller, Chris Mills Rodrigo, THE HILL - HILLICON VALLEY
November 13, 2019
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/overnights/470370-hillicon-valley…
SHAKE IT UP/OFF: Microsoft shook up the debate over privacy rules with its announcement that the company will follow the principles of California's tough online privacy law across the U.S.
By Wendy Davis, DIGITAL NEWS DAILY - MEDIAPOST
October 23, 2019
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/342396/encrypting-domain…
A controversial new technology that encrypts domain name requests would boost online privacy and security, watchdogs say in a new letter to lawmakers.
LOS ANGELES – An Internet law often cited by tech companies as a defense from any liability for material posted on their platforms must not be used as a shield by Grindr in a suit brought by a man who was victimized by posts on the site, Consumer Watchdog said today.
SANTA MONICA, CA – A confidential settlement in a civil suit brought in Seattle against Backpage by three of the website’s victims will not stop a bipartisan Congressional effort to amend a key Internet law so websites that facilitate sex trafficking can be prosecuted, Consumer Watchdog said today.
Word of the legal settlement came as IBM Corp. endorsed a bipartisan Senate bill to amend the law and the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the House version of the bill.
