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> The impact it's had on my life is that companies have to tell me what they're doing with my data Have you learned anything interesting from that? > If I say
by darawk 8y ago
> The impact it's had on my life is that companies have to tell me what they're doing with my data
Have you learned anything interesting from that?
> If I say no, they have to refrain from using it, they can't just say "well tough luck, we have it now".
Have you been doing that?
> If I give my email for a contest, they can't keep spamming me with crap.
That was already a thing in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003
> If I tell them to forget I exist, they have to do it.
That could be useful, I suppose. Although to be honest, it's likely to be used to erase bad behavior that we'd rather have public much more than any legitimate privacy concern, i'd guess.
- StavrosK 8y ago> Have you learned anything interesting from that? No, the few I asked turned out to have as much data as I shared, which is almost nothing. > Have you been doing that? Yep. > That was already a thing in the US: Good to know. > it's likely to be used to erase bad behavior that we'd rather have public much more than any legitimate privacy concern, i'd guess. I'm not sure I agree with that, but I also don't agree that people's bad behaviour should remain public forever.