Well, face it, the time has come and gone for this archaic concept anyway. The recent Court of Appeals ruling holding email free from traditional protections, where technology ran ahead of the law, is but one more foot stomping your personal preference into the mud. Get used to it.
California’s legislators are trying to do some good for their constituents, running against the tidal wave of corporate lobbying. For an example look at last year’s SB-1, which became effective yesterday after a judge refused a request from banks and other financial companies to block it; the law requires financial companies to obtain customers’ permission before selling or sharing their personal information. Bankers are very unhappy, not surprising since selling this data reportedly gives them $400 million a year in revenue, and will appeal even though they stood up and supported the bill when the final compromise (the original restrictions were much tougher) was announced.
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