by Alyssa Newcomb
SAN FRANCISCO — California enacted the nation’s strongest data
privacy law on Thursday that could presage national changes to how big
tech companies, including Facebook, Google and Amazon, collect and use
personal data.
The law, passed by the state legislature on Tuesday
and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, requires companies to disclose the
types of data they collect about consumers and with whom they share that
information. Companies will be forced to let consumers opt-out of
having their data sold. The law will also prohibit companies from
charging a consumer or treating them differently because they opted out
of having their data sold.
Companies will also be required to secure customer data or risk being fined by California’s attorney general, according to the legislation.
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Source: NBC News
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