We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
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Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#2Is there any downside to requesting data brokers delete your personal data?
Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#3Try trying to delete your open ai data. Even if you live somewhere with the right to forget or some protection they refuse the request unless you upload a copy of your ID. But then they have that data.
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#4"After reviewing the websites of all 499 data brokers registered with the state, we found 35 had code to stop certain pages from showing up in searches."
That's not as bad as I would have expected
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#5Of course you did. I've been submitting GDPR subject information requests to companies that spam me - and most of them ignore me.
The ones that do take the time to reply usually say "We've deleted your personal data now", which is not at all what I want. I want to know what details they have about me, where they obtained it, and why they think spamming me is acceptable.
I've got a folder where I keep printouts of the recent offenders, and once I get a few weeks of holiday I'll start filing small-claims cases against them.
Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#6Does deleting your data even matter if it's already been sold to a data broker?
Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#7Try trying to delete your open ai data. Even if you live somewhere with the right to forget or some protection they refuse the request unless you upload a copy of your ID. But then they have that data.
if you live in a eu, a gdpr request can be followed by a request to your id only if there is reasonable doubt that you're faking an identity. Groupon did this and had to stop: https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=DPC_(Ireland)_-_Groupon_I...
Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#8Is there any downside to requesting data brokers delete your personal data?
The biggest downside is that it's probably a waste of your time.
Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#9btw, in europe, UK, turkey you should be able to use the official european digital advertisement alliance website to opt out from profiling from a bunch of ad providers: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/
Re: We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
#10Is there any downside to requesting data brokers delete your personal data?
If you reach out to them you're risking validating that the data they already have is somewhat accurate, plus they might demand more information from you.
What do you get back from giving that?