Major California Privacy Legislation and Ballot Measure Race Toward Looming Deadline

Government Technology: California legislators are racing to pass a major privacy bill and have it signed by the governor by close of business Thursday, in order to avert the California Consumer Privacy Act making it onto the November ballot.

Authors of the ballot, Californians for Consumer Privacy, have agreed to withdraw their measure if AB 375 is signed into law by end of day June 28, the deadline for ballot proponents to withdraw their California initiatives. The organization’s California Consumer Privacy Act was deemed eligible for the November ballot June 25.

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