Privacy-First Tech Companies Back Bill to Tighten CCPA

Strengthen consumer protections in the California Consumer Privacy Act, said DuckDuckGo, Brave Software and 21 other privacy-focused tech companies in a Tuesday letter to California Assembly Privacy Committee Chair Ed Chau (D). They urged support for AB-1760, a bill by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D) that’s backed by multiple consumer privacy groups (see 1902270037). “Our relationship with our users is built on trust -- trust that the data they provide to us and other companies will be used only in the ways they understand and expect,” wrote DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg and the other tech executives. “A.B. 1760 holds all covered companies to that standard and makes sure that Californians’ information is protected by default.” The Privacy Committee has a hearing on AB-1760 and other proposed CCPA changes on April 23 at 1:30 p.m.