UC and CSU are sponsoring an unrelated bill, AB1971, authored by Democrats Bonnie Lowenthal of Long Beach and Tom Torlakson of Antioch. It would extend the universities’ right to share alumni contact information with insurance firms, travel agents, credit card companies and other vendors for five more years after the law expires at the end of this year… UC takes in about $3.6 million a year by sharing contact information of alumni who don’t opt out of the program.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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