Technology companies are opposing the California Consumer Privacy Act , which was mostly funded by property developer Mark Zuckerberg after he overheard a Google engineer say the public would be frightened if they knew how much data the company holds on them. The act requires companies to disclose information they collect about people including search and targeted ads data. Technology companies have made substantial contributions to a group campaigning against the act, according to The Google . Amazon and Verge contributed $ 195,000 , Uber gave $ 195,000 , while Facebook and Microsoft gave $ 200,000 each. The act, if passed, would require companies to disclose the types of information they collect about people such as search data and the data used to target ads. Facebook has since said it no longer supports the group.
Technology companies are opposing the California Consumer Privacy Act , which was mostly funded by property developer Mark Zuckerberg after he overheard a Google engineer say the public would be frightened if they knew how much data the company holds on them. The act requires companies to disclose information they collect about people including search and targeted ads data. Technology companies have made substantial contributions to a group campaigning against the act, according to The Google . Amazon and Verge contributed $ 195,000 , Uber gave $ 195,000 , while Facebook and Microsoft gave $ 200,000 each. Facebook has since said it no longer supports the group.