What does California's new privacy law actually do?

California's new privacy law goes into effect January 1, 2020. CNET senior reporter Joan Solsman joins CBSN to discuss what it means for both companies and your rights.

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[princexafreen]

This should be addressed in all States in America.

[mkultra]

Anyone else think this could actually be bad? If you opt out of collection/selling they just offer you the dumbed down version or charge you for opting out. Soon all companies will start charging for nondatacollection and will use price to incentivise your compliance into giving up your rights.

[erinapple]

I usually don't buy from high volume advertising companies because if they have enough money for millions of ads they don't need my money. Sharing is caring.

[mustBxtremmecommnt]

So who do you contact if they sell or refuse to remove your data? companies like whitepages, spokeo, etc.. You request and then they put you back on there 5 months later? CA doesn't have a complaint link like FTC..

[beejd]

I have an issue with a stalker and my private information is public even when I moved 4 months ago. Hippa is such a huge thing but privacy and protection of people are not. Who in the heck are making these laws!!!

[batboy]

Yes, I've been getting alot of that...got one on a weather site, tracking my location, and others.

[markfornefeld]

What’s stopping companies from just moving their headquarters to another state and their servers too

[rdshep]

The whole internet has put the cart before the horse hoarse whatever. All I know is that ive got a Bill of Rights and Constitution that should be protected. Its not " we the rich" Its " We the People

[kathiharcarik]

why aren't all states included for the privacy law? I don't want my privacy invaded continuously or posted online so why not all States included? I can't use it on Transunion or any other site because it says its only if you live in Cali you can use it

[wanderingquestions]

Weather.com’s new app insisted I turn on location services. Would not proceed without it. So I deleted Weather’s app; there’s better weather app choices that don’t force me into that. Weather wanted real time access to my iphone devices

[MajinErick]

You had better change from the default WiFi password...because if you don't that's a federal offense 😆

[FordExplorer-rmew]

But can't I still use the API to spy on whoever I want?

Anybody can do it

[enfomy]

Companies should be using their data to better their own services, not other companies’ services. U should be able to request the data they collect from u and sell it urself. They shouldn’t be able to own the labor and creativity u put into their service. Paper companies don’t own what u draw on the paper they make. We aren’t employees.

[DaltonMyWorld]

Awesome 👍...thank God California is one in which law is catching up with technology!👍

[dj]

Somebody is having trouble with English here in the comment section. Bless his heart.

[ginab]

Great video! Do you have captions or a transcription for it?

[Halo-lihg]

Or in our cases prevent us from seeing outside our area whats really going on

[leesmith]

We should be talking about why California didn't give voters an option to mark republican.

[blakstorm]

That’s why everybody’s Downloading the privacy Driven Brave browser. Plus you get payed to just use the internet, bye bye chrome 👋🏼.

[crazy]

Companies should buy info like they buy merchandise. You want to sell off info pay higher price then the last.