WTF is the California Consumer Privacy Act?

On May 30, 2018, Ron Camhi was quoted in the Digiday article, “WTF is the California Consumer Privacy Act?” In the piece, Mr. Camhi differentiates the proposed privacy law that is up for a vote in November from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that recently went into effect in Europe. Mr. Camhi explains that while the GDPR requires companies to get people’s permission to collect their information, the California Consumer Privacy Act, if voted into law, would simply provide consumers in the Golden State an expanded right to know about the personal information companies collect from them and how that information can make its way into other companies’ hands, as well as an opt-out requirement.