California privacy agency names executive director
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Kyle Brasseur2021-10-05T17:24:00
The nation’s first state data privacy agency has selected former FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani to serve as its executive director overseeing enforcement and rulemaking of the CCPA and, eventually, the CPRA.
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