Why the Debate over Privacy Can’t Rely on Tech Giants

While we still call for a panel that puts consumer advocates and tech giants at the same table to discuss consumer privacy, we appreciate that Judiciary Chair Sen. Lindsey Graham included representatives from DuckDuckGo and Mapbox to discuss how they are able to run successful businesses while also respecting user privacy. In fact, Sen. Graham immediately followed up on this point, asking Google’s Senior Privacy Counsel, Will DeVries, to explain how much of Google’s revenue from search terms comes from contextual advertising versus behavioral advertising. We were pleased to hear Senator Feinstein say that people should control their data with opt-in consent and that she would oppose efforts to water down the CCPA through a federal privacy law during the hearing, saying “I will not support any federal privacy bill that weakens the California standard.”

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