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So far I have received over 300 GDPR emails. When I am supposed to read all this? How do I track it? How can I track what each company stores about me? Do I fee
by merinowool 8y ago
So far I have received over 300 GDPR emails. When I am supposed to read all this? How do I track it? How can I track what each company stores about me?
Do I feel this in any way improved safety of my data? I don't think so.
- baq 8y agoIn theory, if you don't reply, all these companies should stop using your data and quite likely delete it. Sounds like improving safety for me.
- dominotw 8y agoNo this is not correct.
- frereubu 8y agoI think I may agree with you, but to say something like that you also need to say why you don't think it's correct, otherwise it's pretty unhelpful.
- dominotw 8y agosorry should've mentionted. This is discussed in other comments in this thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17152939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17152939
- drusepth 8y agoIt sounds pretty tedious to sift through 300+ emails to find everyone you want to keep using your data and go through whatever process they have for replying.
- RugnirViking 8y agoWhy do you want them to keep using your data?
- drusepth 8y agoWhy wouldn't I? With the exception of one or two emails, they've all been from companies/services I signed up to originally.
- frereubu 8y agoYou could say the same about all the terms & conditions links that you studiously ignored when signing up for these services...
- netsharc 8y ago300?! You must subscribe to a lot of things... Then again, I've used my throwaway account to subscribe to a lot of things, I feel like I've gotten around 20 GDPR mails so far, why don't I have more? It's interesting (and scary) how many sites I've not dealt with for years still have my data. I guess we're all free to ignore those emails, if you don't really care that they have your data (as has been the case until today).