Read more: Heartbreaking\u2019: Schiff tours California ICE facility<\/a><\/p>\nSchiff discussed other topics, too, including federal health care cuts. The senator said he is skeptical there will be a deal reached federally on extensions to the Affordable Care Act tax credits, better known as Obamacare, because Republicans \u201cdon\u2019t want to save it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bill that passed the House \u2026 will probably never get a vote in the Senate,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it does, they will vote it down, which is a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before last year\u2019s government shutdown, hoped there was an opportunity for a bipartisan solution \u2014 but that optimism has since waned.<\/p>\n
Schiff also said that although most Republicans in Washington, D.C. will not speak publicly against the president, many tell him in private conversations that Donald Trump\u2019s desire to control Greenland is \u201ccrazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump vs. Newsom \u2014 now on WWE?<\/p>\n
Two political experts talked about the back-and-forth between Trump and Newsom, which dominated the news this week when the political foes both traveled to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n
Republican political strategist Rob Stutzman said the Newsom vs. Trump feud is \u201ca lot like pro wrestling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s almost a little bit of scripting to it,\u201d he said. \u201cThey each get what they want out of it, which is a lot of attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Newsom flew halfway across the world to try to engage Trump, and he did that. Stutzman said \u2014 but what does that have to do with governing California?<\/p>\n
Democratic consultant Andrew Acosta agreed Newsom\u2019s public antics are \u201csort of an act,\u201d comparing the governor\u2019s comments to a Netflix show.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, as Rob said, it doesn\u2019t change anything that\u2019s happening here at the state Capitol,\u201d Acosta said.<\/p>\n
Leading the fight against Trump helps Newsom in his potential presidential campaign, both analysts said. But Stutzman questioned whether over-the-top mockery made the Democratic governor look un-presidential.<\/p>\n
Acosta and Stutzman also considered why the race for governor remains so wide open despite several high-profile potential hopefuls declining to run.<\/p>\n
Becker\u2019s bill creates data privacy tool<\/p>\n
More than 150,000 Californians have already signed up for DROP, a new tool that gives Californians their very own delete button for their personal data.<\/p>\n
As of Jan. 1, people can use the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform to demand data brokers delete all the information they have collected on an individual. Starting Aug. 1, brokers must delete that data within 90 days.<\/p>\n
Wallace spoke this week with state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, who authored the Delete Act. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023, directed state agencies to create DROP.<\/p>\n
Wallace: For people just learning about this \u2014 why did you say, \u201cHey, I\u2019ve got to author this law?\u201d<\/p>\n
Becker: I learned about what was happening. So for years, really decades now, Californians have had this information collected about them by entities that they don\u2019t know of, that they didn\u2019t approve. They didn\u2019t sign anywhere saying, \u201cYou can go buy and sell my information.\u201d And this is really very personal information about where we live, where we\u2019ve worked, where we\u2019ve visited.<\/p>\n
I said, you know, we have to give California a chance to really reclaim control of our personal information. Let\u2019s make the personal personal again. And we\u2019ve got to start by deleting information from these data brokers who are the ones collecting all this information.<\/p>\n
Wallace: So let\u2019s talk about those data brokers. What is the message you hope this law sends to those data brokers who are collecting this information about all of us?<\/p>\n
Becker: I hope it sends a message that, number one, Californians have a right to our personal information, a right to our privacy. And number two, we have to make it easy for them to exercise that right. It can\u2019t be super complicated \u2014 going to 550 different websites, putting in your information, hoping something works. We need to make it easy.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s really what the Delete Act was all about and our implementation of it with the DROP button that you mentioned is \u2014 that makes it easy for people to do.<\/p>\n
Wallace: Explain how companies can even collect our information in the first place? I mean, what exactly are we talking about here? Are they collecting phone numbers, our addresses, more than that? And why?<\/p>\n
Becker: I think folks collect information from many different sources: from online activity, from public information, from purchase history, data shared from other companies. Then they build detailed profiles of each one of us. And that\u2019s really what they buy and sell.<\/p>\n
That information can include where you\u2019ve lived, who your roommates have been, where you\u2019ve gone, what you\u2019ve purchased, are you in a relationship. [Becker authored a follow-up bill to help figure out what other types of information data brokers collect.] Do they collect information about your immigration status, whether you\u2019re a member of a union, your biometric information, physical kinds of information, are these things they collect? Because many of them are collecting that and we haven\u2019t known.<\/p>\n
Wallace: This is, in many ways, about protecting not just the privacy but also public safety here?<\/p>\n
Becker: Yeah, in the sense that \u2014 number one, where do scammers get their information? Well, they can buy information about each one of us, just like an advertiser can buy information from any one of us. So, it behooves us to not have our information out there in this way, to help protect us, and then also, you know, not have this information being sold by entities we didn\u2019t give permission to do so.<\/p>\n
Wallace: This Delete Act received support from California Attorney General Rob Bonta. It received support from Gov. Gavin Newsom \u2014 he signed it into law after all. Newsom called it a \u201cgame changer.\u201d It also had support from various consumer privacy rights advocacy organizations. But it also had opposition from \u201cBig Tech\u201d and the California Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n
This from a coalition of nine business trade organizations: \u201cThe [Delete Act] creates a duplicative and potentially confusing regime for companies that are already subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which already includes disclosures around collection activities and otherwise provides consumers with deletion rights and the ability to opt out of the sale and sharing of [personal information].\u201d<\/p>\n
Becker: Well, Eytan, I\u2019ve been working on privacy for a long time. Actually, I have my own website, Becker For Privacy, F-O-R Privacy, because it\u2019s been a big focus of mine. And no industry wants to be regulated. But I think the proof is in the pudding in this case. What we\u2019ve seen with over 155,000 people just in a couple weeks signing up for this information \u2026 shows that we\u2019ve really struck a nerve here.<\/p>\n
Number one, people didn\u2019t know how to take advantage of, or how to delete their information before, and that they now understand what is happening. And then number two, they understand how to take action. So I think that really the proof is in the pudding that we had done some good things in the past, but it wasn\u2019t clear how to delete your information. And that\u2019s why I did this, because I wanted the simplicity of the DROP button. And again, the proof is in the pudding with so many people signing up and being excited about it.<\/p>\n
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