Data protection law emerged in the 1970’s in Europe as a means to protect individuals and societies from the risks posed by automated data processing or computer-based processing. Data protection law as a concept thus goes far beyond protecting individuals against the disclosure of nonpublic information, a concern that is still very much at the center of modern US privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or its second iteration, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

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