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I agree that you were wronged by these so-called ‘researchers’, but it’s also tragic that our legal systems are so bad that everyone fears them. The legal syste
by nickff 5y ago
I agree that you were wronged by these so-called ‘researchers’, but it’s also tragic that our legal systems are so bad that everyone fears them. The legal system should be a low-stress, reliable, and predictable way to avoid or reduce conflict, instead of a weapon of terror.
- kstrauser 5y agoThat's a fair point. The text of the CCPA is very clear that it doesn't apply to my hobby website (see https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa for a nice FAQ), but I wasn't thrilled about the idea of having to explain that to a jury.
- tsumnia 5y agoWhat's more annoying is that the decision to construct the email as a non-academic "other person" was a CONSCIOUS decision by the research team (most likely the advisor). I don't see what benefit hiding behind the illusion gathered does for the information beyond worrying the recipients wouldn't respond to a more traditional "We are researching CCPA..." style email. IRB does allow for deception, just to be clear. Its annoying, but sometimes that's what's needed to get genuine responses. HOWEVER, the hoops the team needed to do to justify its use here was very poorly executed.
- pseudalopex 5y agoImplying the law said they had to respond looks like a bigger problem to me. Some people said they wouldn't have ignored email from a researcher. So saying it was for research would have changed the responses.