09/09/2024

The Best Privacy Setting Almost No One Uses

Click one box to order companies not to blab your personal data

Protecting your online privacy is way too hard. A proposed California law would give you a privacy fairy godmother to handle the dirty work.

If the governor signs the law by a Sept. 30 deadline, you’d be able to click a box in any web browser or in your phone’s settings to command companies not to blab your personal information.

States around the country are laboratories for how to give you meaningful power over your data. The proposed addition to California's existing privacy laws isn’t perfect, but it is an intriguing model for simple, legally binding privacy controls.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.