California voters have passed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), expanding data protection for consumers.  The YES on Prop 24 campaign announced the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act, with a majority of Californians (56% according to the Secretary of State’s web site) supporting the measure to strengthen consumer privacy rights. The new law will give Californians the strongest online privacy rights in the world, says the campaign, including protecting sensitive personal information, tripling fines against companies that violate kids’ data, establishing an enforcement arm for consumers, and making it harder to weaken privacy laws in the future.

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