We are all familiar with Field
Notes, those rather basic, yet timeless, notebooks in which you can do what the name implies, take notes. Beginning a few years ago, the Field Notes people came out with their own Field Notes Brand Books, the first of which was “A Drive
into the Gap” by Kevin Guilfoile. It’s a nice, little, fits-in-your-back-pocket-sized book set against the backdrop of Roberto Clemente’s 3,000th and final hit before his early death, the stories and memories that have created a mystery about which bat Clemente actually used for his historic feat, and the relationship of the author to his father who worked with Clemente while with the Pittsburgh Pirates and eventually had a career with the Baseball Hall of Fame before falling victim to Alzheimer’s.
This little book caused me to reflect on my own memories and ability to remember. Sometimes it seems that our brains pick and choose at random what they want to retain and discard (or hide from us).
American businesses were just getting used to compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when, on June 28, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The CCPA was passed quickly with little debate after a consumer privacy organization agreed to withdraw a much broader privacy initiative that would have appeared on the November ballot. The law does not go into effect until January 1, 2020 and will likely go through several revisions as efforts are made to amend and clarify this hastily drafted piece of legislation.
CCPA is GDPR-like in the notification and access rights it gives consumers and may become the de facto national standard for how businesses use personal information to market their products and services. New systems, processes, and policies may need to be implemented.
Get ready for even more requests from individuals seeking access to or deletion of their data.
The same data mapping exercises performed for GDPR regarding personal data processed of EU residents will now have to be performed for Californians.
We are all familiar with Field
Notes, those rather basic, yet timeless, notebooks in which you can do what the name implies, take notes. Beginning a few years ago, the Field Notes people came out with their own Field Notes Brand Books, the first of which was “A Drive
into the Gap” by Kevin Guilfoile. It’s a nice, little, fits-in-your-back-pocket-sized book set against the backdrop of Roberto Clemente’s 3,000th and final hit before his early death, the stories and memories that have created a mystery about which bat Clemente actually used for his historic feat, and the relationship of the author to his father who worked with Clemente while with the Pittsburgh Pirates and eventually had a career with the Baseball Hall of Fame before falling victim to Alzheimer’s. 
