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On July 1, 2004, an important California consumer law comes into effect, called the Online Privacy Protection Act. It requires commercial web sites that gather personally identifiable information about Calfornians to post a privacy policy on their home page.

Testimony of Beth Givens, Director
Legislative Hearing: Outsourcing California: Our Jobs and Privacy at Risk

Testimony of Beth Givens, Director, to California Legislature Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy

Senator Steve Peace, Chair

Comments submitted by:
Michael Shames, Esq.
Barry Fraser, Esq.
of UCAN

I. Introduction

Update, September 29, 2004. California Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 1436 into law today, ignoring the advice of technology experts and consumer advocates to veto it.

Introduction of Award Recipient, Associate Professor Kristen Walker, PhD
CSUN Department of Marketing

By Beth Givens, Executive Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

April 5, 2016

Assembly Privacy Hearing: Online Data Brokers and Fair Information Practices

Thank you Chairman Chau of the Select Committee on Privacy … and members of the Committee for the opportunity to speak at this hearing on Online and Mobile App Ecosystems.  

Excerpt from Comments by the Utility Consumers' Action Network and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse on the Assigned Commissioner's February 8th Scoping Memo

Submitted March 5, 2010

Public Utilities Commission of the State of California