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Data brokers are a scourge. They should be illegal, or at the very least regulated. For example, here's an idea for one such regulation: If the company pu
by hoosieree 2y ago
Data brokers are a scourge. They should be illegal, or at the very least regulated.
For example, here's an idea for one such regulation:
If the company purchases aggregated salary data, they must publish their own salaries for at least 1 year.
- analog31 2y agoPossession of the data should be illegal. It can be enforced through statutory damages, similar to the damages paid for sharing copyrighted music recordings and movies.
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- alasdair_ 2y agoJust make PII copyright of the person it identifies, similar to how a "likeness" is owned by a person. Then sue for copyright infringement.
- thfuran 2y agoThen all the five page long boilerplate contracts for every service you use are just going to add another clause saying that they get an irrevocable, transferable license to the data they collect. Probably without telling you because there's already a clause saying they're allowed to change the contract without notice.