Security News > 2020 > November > Californians Consider Expanding Landmark Data Privacy Law
Two years ago, California became the first state to pass a sweeping digital privacy law seen as the strongest of its kind in the United States.
If approved, Proposition 24 would update a 2018 law that gave Californians the right to know what information companies collect about them online, the right to get that data deleted and the right to opt out of the sale of their personal information.
Another area of disagreement: whether companies should have to ask permission to sell consumers' data or whether consumers should have to ask companies to stop selling it.
Proposition 24 would not make "Opting out" of data collection the default, meaning that consumers need to sort through apps and websites to register their preferences, rather than requiring companies to ask consumers for their permission to sell data.
Supporters of the measure include Consumer Reports, Common Sense Media and Consumer Watchdog, which say it makes the existing privacy law stronger and takes important steps toward holding big business accountable.