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California Passes Bill Requiring Easier Data Sharing Opt Outs
Friday August 30, 2024. 03:30 AM , from Slashdot
'If folks use it, [the new tool] could severely impact businesses that make their revenue from monetizing consumers' data,' Schwartz said in an interview with Recorded Future News. 'You could go from relatively small numbers of individuals taking advantage of this right now to potentially millions and that's going to have a big impact.' As it stands, many Californians don't know they have the right to opt out because the option is invisible on their browsers, a fact which Schwartz said has 'artificially suppressed' the existing regulation's intended effects. 'It shouldn't be that hard to send the universal opt out signal,' Schwartz added. 'This will require [browsers and mobile operating systems] to make that setting easy to use and find.' Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2259221/california-passes-bill-requiring-easier-data-sharing...
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