This Thanksgiving I'm Thankful for Government Regulation
Now, don't let the title fool you, I am a firm believer that government is a corrupt money suck. But occasionally, the blind squirrel that is government, finds a nut. The nut in this case is privacy regulation. You have probably heard acronyms like CCPA and GDPR but might not be too familiar with what they are. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are both milestones in the struggle for consumers rights. When you cut down the endless pages of nuance and typical government babel, it breaks down into rights. The CCPA outlines the right to know, right to delete, right to opt-out, and right to non-discrimination. The right to know is how it sounds. It gives consumers the right to know what information a business collects and how it is used or shared. The right to delete means that consumers have the right to request that data pertaining to them be deleted. This one has some exceptions. Some data is required to be kept in accordance...
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