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The laws say that data about you is your data, information about you is your information. No one is saying that you "own the data", but by virtue of the data be
by danudey 6mo ago
The laws say that data about you is your data, information about you is your information. No one is saying that you "own the data", but by virtue of the data being personal information about you specificially you are allowed to exert control over that data, such as asking for it to be deleted.
- kasey_junk 6mo agoThat view of data ownership is _highly_ jurisdiction dependent and is not the overwhelming norm in the US.
- captaincrisp 6mo agoWhile that's definitely true, in this particular case he's invoking his rights under CCPA.
- tptacek 6mo agoThey're invoking a right they do not in fact have under CCPA. Flock is a service provider under CCPA, and isn't required to respond to their request so long as they're operating under the terms of their contract with the municipality (which is, in turn, exempt from CCPA.)