Seeking to offset a rush of recent tech lobbying in California, the D.C.-based nonprofit Tech Oversight Project launched a Sacramento branch last week to advocate for stricter oversight of the industry.
With Big Tech pouring legal and lobbying dollars into Sacramento, a relatively upstart outfit with the mission of pushing back against industry titans called Tech Oversight Project told California Decoded it will launch its first state legislative branch in California.
California lawmakers want to stop artificial intelligence from ripping you off. In recent weeks they introduced five bills to address the issue, making predictive pricing based on a customer’s personal information one of the most popular tech policy concerns in the Legislature this session.
There are actions state leaders can take now to blunt the threat of mass surveillance and criminalization of people who live, work, or travel to our state. I spent years working to protect Californians’ rights to privacy as a California legislator, so I know there’s more that Governor Newsom and the Legislature can do —…
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) on Thursday announced that a data broker must shut down its business for three years for failing to comply with the state’s Delete Act, which requires certain brokers to register with the state. The requirement that the company, Background Alert, close its doors for failing to register is unprecedented.…
California lawmakers are proposing to ratchet up the maximum criminal penalties for companies that violate the state’s antitrust law from $1 million to $100 million. A bill (SB 763) filed in the state Senate on Friday would strengthen California’s Cartwright Act, the more than 100-year-old law the state’s attorney general has used to sue companies…