Re How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: José María Mateos <chema () rinzewind org>
> Date: May 1, 2018 at 9:48:43 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica
>
> > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018, at 17:37, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> > > Date: April 30, 2018 at 4:05:50 PM EDT
> > > To: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber () gmail com>
> > > Subject: How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica
> > >
> > > It is not easy, and it takes time, but it is possible....
> > >
> > > https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-wrestle-your-data-from-data-brokers-silicon-valley-and-cambridge-analytica
>
> While GDPR is (I think) a good first approach, it's still a reactive mechanism. One has to contact the company that 
> has the data and ask them to delete it, if they want. It's like going telemarketer by telemarketer asking them to not 
> call. 
>
> I wonder if a next iteration of the privacy protections could go for a preemptive 'do not profile' list.
>
> -- 
> José María (Chema) Mateos
> https://rinzewind.org/blog-es || https://rinzewind.org/blog-en



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