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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

If you live in California you can now tell data brokers to delete your personal information. Here’s how to do it

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If you live in California you can now tell data brokers to delete your personal information. Here’s how to do it

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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How to delete personal information from California data brokers
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California has deployed a new service that allows you to ask data brokers in the state to stop selling your personal information.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1303874/if-you-live-in-california-you-can-now-tell-data-brokers-to-delete-your-personal-informat

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    “Would you like to check our database for your personal data? Please fill out this form with your personal data.”

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      Reminds of that website some guy created where you had to type in your credit card details to find out if someone had your credit card details 🤔

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        Fucking genius.

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          I seriously doubt 75% of password strength checkers for that very reason.

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