Online merchants are now free to use information to build customer profiles for marketing or for sale to third parties who may use this information for any purpose.
We do not support changing the current standard. If something is 90 percent made in the U.S., it should say 90 percent made in the U.S., said Richard Holober, CFC executive director.
Jim Doucette served the Sacramento Fire Department for more than 30 years, and he understood the perils of the job when he accepted it. But there was one hazard he did not anticipate: the effects of burning toxic chemicals embedded in furniture.
The bill would extend privacy protections to online stores, but still allow companies to detect credit card fraud. CFC's Richard Holober: They can't..develop all sorts of profiling about you as a consumer, your habits.
Richard Holober: "...We are pleased Gov Brown has taken the important step forward to transform an obsolete regulation which follows the advice of safety experts, not chemical manufacturers."
