A California Senate committee voted down and negotiated changes to several bills that could have weakened the states data privacy law. The bills authors have raked in thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from companies including Facebook, AT&T, and Google. Big Tech relied on advocacy and lobbying groups to help push favorable legislative measures forward. One bill that aimed to lower restrictions if companies provide consumer data to government agencies was supported by TechNet and Internet Association. The bill would have granted companies the option to neglect a consumers decision to opt-out of having their data sold to another party.”]