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Chronicle recommends: Vote no on Prop. 24, a flawed privacy initiative
San Francisco Chronicle, September 25, 2020
By Chronicle Editorial Board
“If Prop. 24 really were as restrictive and airtight as advertised, is there any doubt that those who are exploiting our personal information as a commodity would be pouring tens of millions into defeating it? Their silence is telling. A good guiding principle for approaching these complicated initiatives is: When in doubt, vote no."
Prop 24 is a Pay for Privacy Scheme, Experts Warn
MarketWatch, September 30, 2020
Source: Californians for Real Privacy – No on Proposition 24
"Privacy advocates have sounded the alarm that Proposition 24 expands the power of big business to charge consumers higher fees to stop the selling or sharing of their confidential information."
Editorial: Reject Prop. 24, California’s online privacy measure
San Jose Mercury News, August 15, 2020
"Just as troubling, Prop. 24’s “opt-out” language allows businesses to collect consumers’ data unless users change settings on their devices. It should be just the opposite: Businesses should only collect data on users that “opt-in” by affirmatively granting permission."
League of Women Voters, California Nurses Association, Courage California Oppose Prop 24
Seeking Alpha, September 10, 2020
Source: Californians for Real Privacy – No on Proposition 24
"Opposition to Proposition 24 grows as The League of Women Voters of California, California Nurses Association, and Courage California (formerly known as Courage Campaign) announced their opposition to the misleading, self-styled “privacy” initiative in the past week."
OUR VIEW: Endorsement: Prop. 24: Vote NO on confusing ‘Consumer Protection’
The Bakersfield Californian, September 5, 2020
"Proposition 24, the Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative pretends to give consumers more protection over the sharing of private information, but it doesn’t."
Proposition 24: Big Tech quiet in California data privacy initiative fight
San Jose Mercury News, October 5, 2020
By John Woolfolk
“But the technology giants seemingly square in its sights — the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Google — haven’t shown up to the battlefield. Instead, those opposing the new California Privacy Rights Act are some of the same types of consumer, labor and civil rights advocates who support its predecessor.”
Privacy advocates battle each other over whether California's Proposition 24 better protects consumers
Washington Post, August 4, 2020
By Geoffrey A. Fowler
“The fight is not only creating strange bedfellows, but the proposition’s murky language leaves lots of confusion for voters come November. My takeaway: The CPRA isn’t the aggressive battle with big tech some privacy advocates wanted and won’t introduce a new paradigm for how California protects data rights.”
Good News: ACLU Calls On Californians To VOTE NO On Bogus 'Consumer Privacy' Proposition 24
Techdirt, July 23, 2020
By Mike Masnick
“This is the kind of proposition that someone like Mactaggart would love. It lets him pretend that he's actually a champion of privacy, while actually helping some of the biggest businesses who regularly violate our privacy.”
Inside the closed-door campaigns to rewrite California privacy law, again
Protocol.com, February 6, 2020
By Izzie Lapowsky
“Activists and lobbyists on both sides of this debate feel an overwhelming sense of resentment that Mactaggart has thrown California's privacy law into doubt all over again.”