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> Introduced by State Assembly member Ed Chau and state senator Robert Hertzberg, the bill would allow California residents to find out what information busines
by 394549 8y ago
> Introduced by State Assembly member Ed Chau and state senator Robert Hertzberg, the bill would allow California residents to find out what information businesses and data brokers collect about them, where that information comes from, and how it's shared. It would give people the power to ask for their data to be deleted and to order businesses to stop selling their personal information. It places limits on selling data on users younger than 16 years of age, and prohibits businesses from denying service to users for exercising their rights under the bill.
This is fantastic.
I've been trying to opt out of as many data brokers as I can. It's a huge amount of work and many of them try to make the process as painful as possible (since, IIRC, there's no law compelling them to provide and opt-out, so it's just a courtesy).
I really wish there was some kind of national data-broker opt-out system where you could register your preferences, which the brokers would then be required to honor [1].
[1] I'm thinking of something like a blinded service where the broker sends the PII and gets a response back with usage restrictions (e.g. no people-search, do not share with 3rd parties, etc.).
- joejerryronnie 8y ago>prohibits businesses from denying service to users for exercising their rights under the bill. I believe the GDPR also includes this stipulation. I'm curious how this actually plays out. Are we saying that: - Company A makes their money by selling/using data and offers their service for no other charge - User can tell Company A that they want to use the free service but don't want to give away any of their data - Company A must provide free service without recouping any of the cost - How does Company A survive? (I'm talking about a legit, transparent use of data here, not some shady business model) Will this work in the physical world? Can I go into a store and select an item I want to bring home but then refuse to give up my personal dollars?
- travmatt 8y agoWhat’s stopping those companies for offering those services at a cost for those customers who don’t want to pay with their data? Unless if the problem is the service being offered isn’t worth the privacy given up to use said service, but that falls back to the shady business model
- joejerryronnie 8y agoI think offering those services for a fee instead of data is a perfectly reasonable alternative. But it is my understanding that this violates the above condition.
- travmatt 8y agoI understand the thrust of your argument, but I interpret the meaning as not requiring the release of personal data as a precondition if using the service. I’d wager that if you could show that the price you’re charging isn’t attempting to be prohibitively high, then you would be compliant.