In 2020, you'll have new privacy rights online. But you might have to show ID (LAT)

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https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-01-01/ccpa-california-internet-rights-what-you-need-know

In 2020, you’ll have new privacy rights online. But you might have to show ID
Companies with websites and customers in California (which is almost all of them) will have to grant internet users a new degree of control over their personal information thanks to the California Consumer Privacy Act.
By Sam Dean
Jan. 1, 2020

The internet is going to look, and work, a little different starting today. That’s because Californians have new rights over how their personal information is gathered, stored and sold by any company operating in the state as of Jan. 1, thanks to the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA.

As businesses scramble to get in compliance with the law, you’ve probably seen a rash of pop-up notifications and emails about privacy policy updates. You may also have noticed the small-print “do not sell my information” buttons that have started appearing at the bottom of websites.

But what are these new rights? How can you actually exercise them? And will any of this make a difference in how you use the internet?

Three new rights are at the heart of the CCPA, the strongest consumer data privacy law in the nation: the right to know, the right to delete, and the right to opt out.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. The "small-print 'do not sell my information' buttons" in EULAs and PPs

...are also always strategically placed to bury them waayy down the agreements. And, often, the "I Agree" button is visible and clickable without having to scroll to other options (check boxes or radio buttons) deep in the agreement.

Good for CA!