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I'm surprised they have my name and address though it's a few years outdated. How did they get it? If I opt out, doesn't it confirm that what they have is acc
by jameson 6y ago
I'm surprised they have my name and address though it's a few years outdated.
How did they get it?
If I opt out, doesn't it confirm that what they have is accurate and make my data even more valuable?
Given the nature of these sites, isn't it sketchy to provide DL to opt out or am I being paranoid?
- pm90 6y agoIt would confirm your data but they’re legally bound to respect your choice. For any fairly large orgs (eg if they’re public/listed on major exchanges) disobeying your choice would be a huge risk which they will likely not take ( the smaller data brokers don’t have as much to lose, but just to be clear it would still be illegal).
- mehrdadn 6y ago> they’re legally bound to respect your choice Can I ask by what law?
- sofixa 6y agoGDPR and the California law inspired by it.
- mehrdadn 6y agoSo only for those in Europe and CA? Even re: California, are you sure CCPA implies these data brokers have to respect your opt-out for this particular purpose? (For reference, the opt-outs existed before CCPA and I believe GDPR as well... so you're saying they gained teeth afterward?)
- Scoundreller 6y agoWell, I guess I know what I’m doing the next time I’m in Europe (or even just their airspace?).
- Breza 6y agoOr the next time you're using Tor with an EU exit node...
- an_opabinia 6y ago> If I opt out, doesn't it confirm that what they have is accurate and make my data even more valuable? Yeah, I don't know why engineers are so pedantically committed to giving these companies more valuable information about you.
- privacy-matters 6y agoOne of the companies you interacted with likely sold the data to them OR a browser plugin scraped the data from an email you sent to one of your contacts.