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Does the California Consumer Privacy Act Empower the Consumer and Generate Trust?

by Lynn Haaland

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is an important development for companies doing business in California, that have revenues above a minimal threshold – which effectively means that the act will impact many of the largest companies doing business in the United States.  On Monday, February 25, 2019, Senate Majority Leader Hertzberg, who represents the eastern San Fernando Valley senate district and who was recently selected as Senate Majority Leader, addressed a group in downtown San Francisco about the CCPA.[1]  Senator Hertzberg, along with California State Assembly member Ed Chau, were the primary architects of the CCPA.  For this reason, Senator Hertzberg’s comments about the CCPA are worth paying attention to. Continue reading