alt Hacker Newsisn't this sort of a spineless law?
it says Browsers must send an opt-out signal.
Browsers have already had a do-not-track setting, and websites universally* ignored it.
* 99%
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Gigachad • today at 3:56 AM
Do Not Track failed because it wasn’t legally required to be respected.
In CA websites are already required to respect the opt-out setting implemented in the Global Privacy Control [1] extension. It's basically the same thing as do-not-track but starting from a clean slate so that the meaning of the setting in law is clearly defined.
This bill basically allows the regulator to make sure everyone in CA gets this extension automatically.
[1] https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa/gpc