If not for California, consumer privacy law would be at a complete standstill.
Despite Google’s recent move to sell and embed user endorsements in advertising and Facebook’s decision to make users’ Timelines searchable, privacy legislation in Washington isn’t moving. The White House has been talking about working on consumer privacy law for more than a year, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s (D-W.Va.) Do Not Track bill has only one co-sponsor.
But in California, Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills that solidified the state’s lead position on consumer privacy, all but dictating privacy policy for the nation.
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