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Government,
Administrative/Regulatory

Jun. 29, 2018

Internet privacy bill passes amid uncertainty

In a last-minute bid to head off an expensive ballot measure fight, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a sweeping internet privacy bill on Thursday afternoon.

SACRAMENTO — In a last-minute bid to head off an expensive ballot measure fight, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a sweeping internet privacy bill on Thursday afternoon. The legislation passed the state Senate 36-0 and the Assembly 69-0 earlier in the day.

“AB 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act, is a simple bill, based on the idea that people should have the right to control their own personal data,” the author, Assemblyman Ed Chau, D...

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