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I have not used DeleteMe, but I’ve used Optery [0], which does seem to at least reduce my information footprint. Consumer Reports also provides a free service
by haswell 3y ago
I have not used DeleteMe, but I’ve used Optery [0], which does seem to at least reduce my information footprint.
Consumer Reports also provides a free service called Permission Slip [1] that auto-submits opt-out requests for a variety of retailers/services as well as data brokers.
It is difficult to tell how effective these services are, but if nothing else, I’d prefer to minimize my footprint as much as possible. I don’t think this does much to help with the credit bureaus, though.
We desperately need real privacy laws with teeth.
- [0] https://www.optery.com/ https://www.optery.com/
- [1] https://www.permissionslipcr.com/ https://www.permissionslipcr.com/
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agois permission slip available as a service, vs an app? forcing users to install apps, which can harvest much more personal data, seems sketchy to me, especially for a service that's supposed to understand that the user doesn't want that
- haswell 3y agoI’ve only interacted through the app so I’m not sure if there’s a web interface. That said, the fact that this is a service by Consumer Reports carries some weight, and the privacy label in the App Store shows minimal information collected. I haven’t combed through the privacy policy on their website, but the way I see it, I’m not worse off by sharing a few bits of data with CR, and as far as I can tell, they’re not doing obviously nefarious things.