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Proposition 24 tries to control the nosy internet elves who capture your personal information and peddle it to businesses so they can target you with online ads, among other things …

The downside to the convenience online technology offers comes from information we share. The digital world is littered with online traps that make us vulnerable to data breaches that could compromise our most sensitive information — or worse. That’s why I am asking you to vote YES on Proposition 24 – to help consumers take back control of our own data, and provide enforcement against data breaches …

A new initiative, Proposition 24, would help address significant problems with the law’s implementation and enforcement, and we urge consumers to vote “yes.” These proposed reforms would close some of the worst loopholes that companies have exploited to deny consumers’ opt-out requests, better ensuring that consumers can exercise their privacy rights …

One of the most important decisions Californian voters have will not be concerning who gets voted into office. Instead, it will be a vote on a ballot proposition concerning the future of privacy in the digital era. Proposition 24 is a monumental leap forward in securing desperately needed privacy regulations on tech and data firms that ultimately places power back in the hands of consumers — and the people …

Under Prop. 24, consumers could ask companies not to share their data, in addition to not selling it. Proponents say adding the word “share” would let consumers tell a business to stop showing them targeted ads, the intention of the 2018 law …

[Prop 24] would address significant loopholes that companies have exploited to deny consumers’ opt-out requests—loopholes that the legislature, despite the efforts of key champions in Sacramento, has not been able to address …

Prop. 24 – Yes … Prop. 24 is intended to strengthen the 2018 law by clarifying some provisions and making enforcement easier through the creation of a new state agency, while reducing the number of businesses that are affected …

The key question will be the federal baseline and whether it will preempt California’s. Whatever happens, the battle will move to Washington, D.C. If [Prop 24] CPRA passes, the baseline for privacy protections will have been raised significantly …

“Americans sense that tech companies are playing fast and loose with our data, making billions of dollars. We need to change it and get control of our own data,” Yang said …

Las empresas más grandes del mundo recopilan información profundamente personal y privada sobre todos nosotros. La información se comparte y se vende sin muchas restricciones y, con frecuencia, ni siquiera se mantienen a salvo. La Proposición 24 permite a los residentes de California recuperar el control sobre su información personal …

Vote Yes … Prop. 24 is intended to strengthen the 2018 law by clarifying some provisions and making enforcement easier through the creation of a new state agency, while reducing the number of businesses that are affected …

[Prop 24] is a solution that creates a strong baseline and would establish privacy rights in a robust fashion. It could also help revitalize cross-Atlantic commerce by harmonizing US and EU consumer privacy standards while also giving a much-needed lift to California’s economy …

Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act, would strengthen California’s landmark digital privacy law. The Fresno Bee Editorial Board recommends a yes vote on Prop. 24 …

Prop 24 will require tech companies to refrain from sharing a consumer’s data if it receives a request from the consumer. The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board recommends a yes vote on Prop. 24 …

[With Prop 24] Californians will be able to stop companies from tracking their locations and behavior or use sensitive personal information such health, race and sexual orientation. It establishes rights to object to automated processing and to know about and contest algorithmic profiling, and it includes provisions for its continuous fortification against the assaults of tech lobbyists. … Now it is California’s turn to lead on behalf of our digital century. Prop. 24 answers this call …

Having watched the internet industry wrestle with the question of privacy from the infancy of the World Wide Web and repeatedly fail to achieve anything close to adequate self-regulation, I’m inclined to think something like Prop. 24 and its counterpart in Europe, the General Data Protection Regulation, are necessary …

Importantly, it [Prop 24] will permit changes through the legislature (instead of voters) to further improve the law as long as they are consistent with the goal of increasing data privacy …

Prop. 24 would [give] each consumer power to stop companies from tracking them precisely, allowing you to forbid the sale of information on things like how often you visit a gym or McDonald’s, your health insurance claims, and much more unless you explicitly give permission …

This [Prop 24] initiative would tighten California’s landmark privacy law, which stands to be a model for other states and the federal government — if Big Business doesn’t succeed in eroding it …

Like the GDPR, the CPRA would grant consumers the right to correct inaccurate personal information. Upon a verifiable consumer request, businesses would be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to correct the inaccurate personal information about a California resident. The CPRA also follows the GDPR’s lead in introducing data minimization on a larger scale …

“California voters really want this. … Many of the tech companies don’t like it, but they’re just, like, ‘I don’t know if we’re going to fight this one in time, because it’s hard to fight something that’s so clearly pro-consumer. If this thing passes in November, and I believe it will, it’ll sweep the country.” …