Security News > 2020 > November > California voters back new data privacy law beefing up CCPA
SEE: TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits, and research for download. The proposition has ardent supporters and detractors on both sides of the online privacy debate, with some saying it was needed to fill loopholes in the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act and others bashing it for not going far enough or reinforcing dangerous practices.
Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, added in another statement that said "Prop 24 enshrines Californians' privacy rights and safeguards them from legislative assault, adds groundbreaking new protections for sensitive information like our race, sexual orientation and location, and creates a European-style privacy agency to protect our rights."
KnowBe4 data privacy director Lecio De Paula Jr. said the proposition was exciting but noted that it will force companies to spend more to protect the privacy rights of consumers and may have a harsher impact on small- to medium-size businesses due to lack of resources.
IntraEdge president Dan Clarke also highlighted that the creation of a new fully funded privacy enforcement agency will help actually enforce some of the rules in both the act and the CCPA as opposed to simply leaving everything up to California's Attorney General.
Jacob Snow, technology and civil liberties attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, said the proposition passed "Despite its deep flaws" but added that it "Sends a clear message from California voters to the California legislature that they expect and demand action to protect their privacy and safeguard their fundamental privacy rights."