Here are @DCNorg's formal comments to @AGBecerra regarding the draft CCPA regulations. digitalcontentnext.org/wp-content/upl… 
@DCNorg @AGBecerra In our comments, we say this about browser-signals (DNT) called for in law. "These signals can be useful for consumers as they are persistent and easy to use. They can also be useful for consumer-facing companies as the signals are sent in real-time to all downstream companies."
The @Recode team published this reply by me nearly 4yrs ago, along w a few other related pieces, suggesting Do Not Track wasn’t dead and would be back. Now it’s in the new California privacy law. ht @pkafka @karaswisher @waltmossberg for the ink. vox.com/2016/1/12/1158…
I also wrote support here on IAPP. Same problem then, needed a simple, easy to use and persistent choice mechanism. iapp.org/news/a/its-tim…
And again on Recode, now published on parent Vox, after Verizon was caught respawning tracking cookies. vox.com/2015/1/15/1155…
Here in the WSJ around Facebook’s abuse of users’ trust. Again 2014, Facebook’s moves here are now documented in antitrust research and part of global investigations. blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2014/06/20…
Ultimately industry standing up to the ad tech lobby complex, led by Facebook, Google and tech’s key trade groups is a necessity. It’s in the California law. It’s in the regulations. Watch this space next few months. Significant welfare at play. mediapost.com/publications/a…
Whether companies can harvest data across our digital lives (and offline with gps in our pockets) w/out real choice or alignment with expectations is most critical tech issue. And global regulators are now finally recognizing connection between data and competition policy. Voila.
