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While I think CCPA is a step in the right direction from the status quo, which is basically a free-for-all, it's still a mediocre privacy law. GDPR remains the
by Despegar 7y ago
While I think CCPA is a step in the right direction from the status quo, which is basically a free-for-all, it's still a mediocre privacy law. GDPR remains the gold standard because it's opt-in, CCPA is opt-out.
The only reason it was even passed was because some guy was going to force the issue with a ballot initiative so lawmakers scrambled to do something. If not for that, California would be the last state to pass meaningful privacy regulation.