Advocacy

We advocate for meaningful privacy rights you can understand and use—no matter who you are.

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Decades of Privacy Advocacy, Driven by Impact

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse advocates for meaningful privacy protections, actively shaping consumer-friendly policies for decades—from California’s landmark data breach notification law to the groundbreaking California Delete Act in 2023. Through thoughtful policy engagement, strategic partnerships, and targeted legislative advocacy, we strive to ensure privacy laws serve the interests of consumers. We advocate to make privacy accessible for everyone.

Our Approach

We've welcomed individual stories and questions since 1992, and regularly engage in conversations with organizations that represent various consumer interests. We recognize that marginalized communities and those with fewer resources often face privacy violations on a greater scale and have less access to privacy protections.

All of our advocacy is based on real problems and needs, with a focus on data privacy issues that impact individuals' education, housing, healthcare, employment, finances, and security.

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Data broker registrations by state versus total identified brokers (750). The gap between registered brokers and the reference line represents brokers that may be required to register but have not yet done so, highlighting significant compliance gaps across all state registries.

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Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers not Registering with States?

Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. These findings come as more states are passing data broker transparency laws that require brokers to provide information about their business and, in some cases, give consumers an easy way to opt out.

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Coalition Defends CFPB's Consumer Complaint System

We are joining 40+ consumer, civil rights, housing, and privacy organizations in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to maintain and continue its Consumer Complaint Intake System in the face of pressures to eliminate this vital consumer protection tool.

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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Consumer Reports Support Senate Bill 361 to improve data broker reporting

We're proud to stand with Consumer Reports in supporting Senator Becker's SB 361 to improve the registration and transparency requirements of the California Delete Act.

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Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Coalition Urge Support for California Assembly Bill 446 to End Surveillance Pricing

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, alongside civil rights, consumer advocates, and privacy organizations, urges support for California Assembly Bill 446 (AB 446), legislation designed to ban the unfair practice of "surveillance pricing." Surveillance pricing occurs when businesses use personal consumer data, such as browsing history, location, or past purchases, to set individualized prices, resulting in unfair price discrimination.