We need to regulate private data amassed by internet giants the same way we regulate data gathered by credit reporting agencies. The Fair Credit Reporting Act

We need to regulate private data amassed by internet giants the same way we regulate data gathered by credit reporting agencies. The Fair Credit Reporting Act [1]: - regulates what data credit agencies can store, - mandates that people be able to access data about themselves, - mandates that third parties cannot access a person's data without the person's consent every single time, - mandates that people must be able to correct false information in their credit file, - mandates that people be able to place a "freeze" on uses of their credit data Each of these things translates quite nicely to private data that internet giants gather on us. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Credit_Reporting_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Credit_Reporting_Act