California Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Online Privacy Legislation

It goes into effect in 2020

California has passed a new law that will give state residents the most sweeping online privacy rights in the nation—and hand tech companies some of the strictest rules in the process.

State lawmakers on Thursday passed the California Consumer Privacy Act, which will allow consumers to ask companies what data they collect and also give them the option to opt out of having their information collected. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday afternoon—just hours before the deadline for an even stricter proposal that would have been on the state’s November ballot, one which voters needed to approve.

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