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This latest trend is so annoying: there is either "Accept" or: "See purpose". And the "Don't accept" stuff is hidden under "See purpose". Infuriating.
It'd be useful if the author revealed how she managed to obtain her data. I am pretty sure that a request with just your real name wouldn't reveal much. I assume that most data is collected under some identifier which isn't matched to your real name in order to thwart this kind of request.
I'd also like to know this. It seems like asking this organisation to delete my data would be largely beneficial, but what data do I need to provide for them to do it?
Under GDPR (Europe), if you send a request, the company must honor it unless they have reason to doubt your identity, in which case they must ask for follow-up. Under CCPA (California), they are only obligated to honor "verified" requests. There's a range of what counts as verifying, from just being able to log in to your account on the low end, up to providing 3 pieces of matching data on the high end.
The company is obligated to tell you what data they have. They are not obligated to go out of their way to make connections, though, so you're better served by providing as many identifiers as possible (like account numbers).
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Adblock Fast has received 2 reviews in 4 years, and was last updated 3 years ago. Did you mean to recommend?
https://duo.com/labs/research/data-companies-are-watching-me
The commercial surveillance industry is a real threat. It exploits citizens' data and in doing so serves the dictatorial interests of government and the amoral activities of capitalism. The surveillance industry is also inept, and cybercriminals and state actors will get the data eventually.
This is what I've found so far on the privacy policy page.
It sounds like it may be available only for california residents.
> In addition to the information, controls and rights detailed in this privacy policy, California law provides for specific rights for California residents. California residents may request access to Personal Information, request a copy of their Personal Information, or request that their Personal Information be deleted. You may submit a verifiable request through Quantcast’s Data Subject Rights page, which can be found here. California residents may also submit verifiable requests by contacting Quantcast via email
Besides uBlock Origin, you can use DNS hosts file blocking. This has the extra benefit of making sites fast and reducing your data transfers. Corporation block lists (e.g. Facebook, Google) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio... "Someone Who Cares" list http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ Ultimate Hosts Blacklist: 1 million blocked domains (once in a while you might need to unblock something) a…
I use it in combination with uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
It'd be useful if the author revealed how she managed to obtain her data. I am pretty sure that a request with just your real name wouldn't reveal much. I assume that most data is collected under some identifier which isn't matched to your real name in order to thwart this kind of request.
That's not to say these laws are bad, just that the giant additional privacy risk they pose is kind of funny to think about.