The issue focused on the way that a number of states have passed laws to protect the privacy of Americans when it comes to Internet data and personal data collection. In California, for instance, the Internet privacy law that was enacted in 2012 has been widely criticized as a backdoor surveillance tool that allows law enforcement to collect Internet data, even when users have not been charged with a crime. That data can be used to track people's online activities, such as who is online and who uses the Internet, and can even be used