Only a federal privacy law that empowers ordinary people to sue companies that broker their sensitive data will have enough teeth to begin reining in the data broker industry. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/americans-deserve-more-current-american-privacy-rights-act
MaybeMyMonkeys replied to Electronic Frontier Foundation's status
@eff for the sake of efficiency, Elon will outlaw privacy
Patrick Leavy replied to Electronic Frontier Foundation's status
@eff great article - thank you! I think this ban should also include a ban on companies keeping persistent #profiles on us.
It's not enough for us to have the right to request the deletion of the profile, it should be illegal to build and keep that #behaviouralprofile in the first place.
What do you reckon?
@eff great article - thank you! I think this ban should also include a ban on companies keeping persistent #profiles on us.
It's not enough for us to have the right to request the deletion of the profile, it should be illegal to build and keep that #behaviouralprofile in the first place.
What do you reckon?
Dew replied to Electronic Frontier Foundation's status
@eff But a law enabling consumers to sue data brokers could make the government liable for brokering consumer data. I guess we're not supposed to look behind the curtain though.
@eff But a law enabling consumers to sue data brokers could make the government liable for brokering consumer data. I guess we're not supposed to look behind the curtain though.