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Californians will be able to delete all personal online data with first-in-US law
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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Can they just move the assets out to some random far-away jurisdiction? Say "we collect the data, but we actually sell it to this company in Panama and they have it, so we can't give it to you".
Ah yes, the old parent company with a sole employee and it's address is a basement in a country where the laws they want to avoid don't apply.
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They could make it mandatory to store Californians' personal data in California. I think that's what EU requires? Then they can threaten them with closing their business in California if they don't comply.