- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Aaron Nicodemus2020-07-15T19:41:00
Consumers are using the newly enforceable California Consumer Privacy Act to sue companies they say have mishandled their data. Walmart is the latest and most high-profile to be slapped with a lawsuit.
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