Is California’s new data privacy law a sign of things to come?

In late June, California passed A.B. 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, a sweeping piece of legislation that, on its face, grants California residents data privacy rights that have never before been granted in the United States.

The law was driven by recent privacy scandals and the political pressure of a potential privacy rights ballot initiative that advocates agreed to drop in lieu of the passage of A.B. 375. Even more than the practical implications of the law, its passage spurred additional public debate that could lead to federal data privacy legislation and more particularized data privacy rights for U.S. citizens.

By John C. Eustice

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