Posted inClimate Change, Environment, News, Sea Level Rise, Utilities

Sea Level Rise in S.F. Will Affect More Than the Waterfront

Professor Kristina Hill, of the University of California, Berkeley, outlines how sea level rise is likely to affect San Francisco, the danger posed by toxic waste and how the city could adapt.

“Places that people think are not going to flood because there’ll be a levee or a wall may actually flood as that groundwater comes right up through the surface of the soil.” — Kristina Hill

This story was produced in collaboration with Covering Climate Now. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism initiative committed to bringing more and better coverage to the defining story of our time.

Posted inData Privacy, Data Privacy, Economy & Business, News, Public Safety, Transportation

New State Law Pits Privacy Against Free Speech, Public Records and Data Brokers

Though consumers may ask companies to delete or stop collecting data about them, the First Amendment and open-records statutes may thwart their efforts to get people-search sites to delete data after the law takes effect in January. Information brokers argue that the data they post comes from government entities and is publicly available.

Posted inData Privacy, Data Privacy, News

California Attorney General Plans Few Privacy Law Enforcement Actions, Telling Consumers to Take Violators to Court

Attorney General Xavier Becerra says his office is ill equipped to prosecute violations of the state’s landmark data-privacy law, which takes effect in January. Only a handful of the most egregious cases will be handled per year. Instead, he wants aggrieved consumers to take violators to court on their own.

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