First of all, the CCPA had support from Google, to name but one tech company. If a behemoth like Google –which, let’s face it, has amassed gargantuan amounts of consumer data from email alone –can get on board with consumer privacy protections, then it is quite disingenuous to cry wolf about the impending destruction of Corporate America, but hey, whatever you have to tell yourself, Jeff.

Secondly, above and beyond anything else, the CCPA brings privacy protections for consumers firmly into the 21st century, regardless of the ensuing tantrums thrown by individuals like Mr. Kosseff, who apparently believes that if he slings enough legalese at the wall, then something, anything, is bound to stick and then he can kick and scream and otherwise cry about the sky falling. Sorry, but the CCPA establishes the same privacy for book purchases that is very similar to the same privacy laws that exist for library records. This is critical since reading choices reveal very intimate facts about consumer lives –everything from political to religious to health. Digital books and book services provide an even more focused dossier since that data can include not just books that were read but also browsed –particular pages viewed, the duration of how long the reader spent on each page as well as any electronic notes the reader may have made. Without strong privacy protections like the ones in the Reader Privacy Act, reading records can be easily targeted by government scrutiny as well as used for legal proceddings such as divorce and custody cases.

I can’t speak for Mr. Kosseff but I certainly don’t want my private reading lists bought/sold or traded by unknown parties for unknown reasons. This is already in effect with social security numbers and credit bureaus (cough Equifax breach cough.)

But perhaps Mr. Kosseff would like his own private reading lists published for all to gawk at. And by the way, I’m not referring to the shiny, happy, exclusively created for public consumption list, the same one that would be publicized and otherwise held up as what a shining beacon of propriety he is. No?

I bet Jeff is from the same tiny but exceptionally vocal group that was deeply disappointed when he found that he couldn’t convince any US court to install cameras in bedrooms to enforce the “proper” sexual preferences and practices among the population that he and his ilk prefer.

Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. Kosseff. My privacy isn’t for sale so don’t pretend to speak for me or any other consumers.