As with many consumer protection laws, California is leading the way with regard to data privacy. In recent years, with the Delete Act and the DROP tool (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform), California residents have gained a lot more power over who can collect their personal data and even been given a simple, one-stop site for requesting deletion of all their data from third parties. And thanks to CA, we will all have the ability to globally request that websites not collect or share our personal data with a simple browser setting. I’ll be discussing these wonderful tools with the Executive Director of CalPrivacy, Tom Kemp, and how they can even help non-residents to claw back some control of their data on the web.

Interview Notes

• CalPrivacy: https://privacy.ca.gov/ 
• DROP tool: https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/ 
• Global Privacy Control: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ 
• States honoring GPC: https://cookiechimp.com/blog/global-privacy-control-gpc 
• Enable GPC: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/how-to-enable-global-privacy-control/ 
• Data broker deletion: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/dragon-hacks-opt-out/ 
• PHP checker: https://github.com/PrivacySafe/security-patches 

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Table of Contents

• 0:00:18: Intro
• 0:01:21: Interview setup
• 0:03:45: What’s it like bring on the inside?
• 0:10:37: Are companies complying or resisting?
• 0:14:41: Do states lead the way if feds can’t?
• 0:21:18: How does GPC work?
• 0:25:57: What states currently honor GPC?
• 0:32:27: What did we learn from Do Not Track?
• 0:35:03: How do we curb tracking in the real world?
• 0:39:45: How does DROP work?
• 0:46:39: Have these laws impacted the data broker industry?
• 0:51:03: Does transparency drive action?
• 0:55:44: So what can we do?
• 0:58:18: What’s next for CalPrivacy?
• 1:00:46: Wrap-up
• 1:03:48: Patron podcast preview
• 1:04:35: Looking ahead