Privacy advocates: California law dodged bullets en route to enforcement phase

A leading group of privacy advocates is declaring victory following the end of California’s legislative session, as relatively minor amendments to the state’s landmark privacy act head to the governor’s desk and the Attorney General develops rules for enforcement, a process that will include debate over security issues like verifying record requests.

“It was a good day for California consumers on Friday because we managed to stave off the efforts that we really expected to gut the [California Consumer Privacy...