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I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by lima »

alecco wrote: post #13

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> Besides uBlock Origin, you can use DNS hosts file blocking. This has the extra benefit of making sites fast and reducing your data transfers.

There's no extra benefit beyond uBlock Origin, which already blocks requests before they are made.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by sdoering »

hadrien01 wrote: post #89
throwaway8443 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually e-mailed to the author a year ago to ask that very question. Her answer was that she provided her cookie ID to Quantcast and then asked for any data associated with that ID. She also promised me to include that information in the article to prevent confusion, but she never did. Ironically, Quantcast only knew her real identity after the request.

How do you get your cookie ID?

If you need more help you can write me a mail. I am using these tools (tracking tools as well as developer tools) daily.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by takeda »

newswasboring wrote: post #12
teekert wrote: post #3

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.

There are sites (like wwe.com) where after you have successfully located the preference to opt out from everything it shows a "processing" screen which is stuck at 98% for about a minute. But accept is "processed" in an instant. Another dark pattern is showing you have opted out but some sites cannot receive opt out requests through https which is written in small fonts. By doing this they have successfully targeted…

I think what's really needed is an extension that automatically selects options for you to disable everything.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by anonymousab »

the_gipsy wrote: post #77
jjulius wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, it's compatible until the EU decides to hold people accountable for it.

https://enforcementtracker.com/

This probably needs to be an order of magnitude or more higher, in order to start catching up with the web. To speak nothing of getting ahead.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by fitzrocks »

WoefullyInept wrote: post #92
ma2rten wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they got data from MasterCard and Experian, they must know the her real name.

This is explicitly false. Mastercard or Experian might know her name but this would not be shared for an audience. Its simply cookie123 is in audience456.

This is the correct answer. It's done by cookie matching.

Source: I worked on these products at Quantcast.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by smsm42 »

nicbou wrote: post #79
dalbasal wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a somewhat common pattern that regulation intended to stop the encroachment of some bad thing also effectively causes a standard to form around the (now) worst thing you can do and still be legal.

Is that really the case? I'm thinking about minimum wage. If it wasn't there, would people get paid less, or more?

Some people would be paid less - those that produce output below min wage level but the employer has no way to avoid hiring them and just eats the difference. Also those that produce output above min wage but there are many people willing to do the same work for min wage so they don't have a choice to agree to that wage too. Some would be paid more - those that produce output below min wage level and the potential employer doesn't hire them because they can't eat the difference, so they get no wage at all now.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by sroussey »

crawlcrawler wrote: post #94
sroussey wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a pain, but we are automating it. You can signup at https://www.privicy.com/privicypal/about

Is this comment and that website [0] sarcasm? What exactly are you automating? The theft of my PII or the opposite? On this matter your privacy policy[1] confuse me. Sorry if I'm being a daft punk. [0] https://www.privicy.com [1] https://www.privicy.com/legal/privacy-policy

I’ll look at the PP today.

Not sarcasm, we issue GDPR requests from an app on device, and you can request data (back to your device and not through us unless stated). Deletion requests are done as well. Data brokers, as a group, are obviously very anti-consumer, and getting them to comply in CA has been a huge headache (most simply do not). Prop 24 should help, so it’s going to be a long burn for consumers to take control. CCPA made hiring an agent (like us) explicit, but almost no one accepts that at the moment.

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by sroussey »

drewmol wrote: post #102
crawlcrawler wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this comment and that website [0] sarcasm? What exactly are you automating? The theft of my PII or the opposite? On this matter your privacy policy[1] confuse me. Sorry if I'm being a daft punk. [0] https://www.privicy.com [1] https://www.privicy.com/legal/privacy-policy

>The theft of my PII or the opposite? Please consider referring to it as spying over theft and PII about you, as opposed to your PII? Part of the server logs may be about you but are not yours per say.

Yeah, that’s a grey area actually. It’s why Google Analytics has the option of chopping off the last byte of IP addresses, for example.

Better to assume all PII and PI even if not identifying, belongs to the user. GDPR is explicit on some of this and not on others. Shared information, or that deemed necessary, won’t be deleted on request for say Uber/Lyft. There is a financial transaction and a driver etc, they won’t delete. They could sever the link to your profile though. Facebook offers something like this, but don’t do it. You will never be able to authenticate yourself again, and they will keep building the “anonymous” profile. It’s complicated for users out there...

Re: I asked an online tracking company for all of my data (2018)

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Post by [deleted] »

wasmitnetzen wrote: post #43
chopin wrote: post #9

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.

There is a form[1] linked in their privacy policy[2], which doesn't work and tells me I'm not inside the EU or California, which I am. [1]: https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/data-subject-rights/ [2]: https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/

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