Microsoft to apply California's Consumer Privacy Act across the US

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California's new privacy law was approved in June 2018 - in the teeth of opposition from internet companies

Microsoft has come out as a "strong supporter" of California's landmark data privacy law and pledged to "honour" it throughout the US - not just California. The California Consumer Privacy Act (...

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