Election 2020: Proposition 24 and the Debate Over Online Privacy Protections

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In 2018, state lawmakers passed the California Consumer Privacy Act, a landmark bill aimed at protecting consumers and their digital data. The law took effect earlier this year and allows consumers to tell companies not to sell their personal information, among other protections. Now, Proposition 24 wants to take protections even further than those outlined in the existing law. But consumer advocates are divided on the measure. While all are in favor of protecting consumer privacy, there’s disagreement over the best strategy. We'll take up the debate and unpack what a "yes" or "no" vote would mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, we look at two statewide propositions, beginning with Proposition 24,
1:06.0	which supporters say will strengthen California's landmark consumer privacy law. But advocates for
1:12.0	consumer privacy have also lined up against the measure. We'll dig into why it's divided
1:17.0	digital privacy groups and debate the proposition. Then Prop 19 would allow older homeowners
1:23.4	who've benefited from low property tax rates to take that benefit even further.
1:28.3	But it also clamps down on property tax breaks on inherited homes, known as the Lobowski loophole.
1:34.9	We explain 19's path to the ballot.
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1:49.3	Those pop-ups on websites that say, do not sell my personal info, are because of California's
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