California's Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare
10 months ago
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- #civil_rights
- #surveillance
- California lawmakers are pushing S.B. 690, dubbed the Corporate Cover-Up Act, which threatens to roll back privacy protections.
- The bill would gut California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), allowing companies to secretly record and share user data without consent.
- S.B. 690 legalizes corporate wiretaps, pen registers, and trap-and-trace tools, enabling surveillance without user knowledge or consent.
- Collected data can be sold to brokers, shared with government agencies, or used against vulnerable groups like immigrants and LGBTQ+ individuals.
- The bill poses significant risks to civil rights, particularly for marginalized communities, by enabling unchecked corporate surveillance.
- Proponents misleadingly claim the bill aligns CIPA with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), but the laws serve different purposes.
- The bill undermines privacy rights by removing transparency, consent, and legal recourse for individuals under surveillance.
- Activists urge Californians to oppose S.B. 690 by contacting lawmakers and raising awareness to prevent its passage.