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California Legislature passes Delete Act regulating data brokers (iapp.org)
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California Legislature passes Delete Act regulating data brokers::The California legislature passed the Delete Act, which is designed to streamline consumers’ ability to request the deletion of their personal information....

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[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

I can't see anything wrong with this approach, in fact in my mind this is a giant step in the right direction.

If consumers are allowed to remove their personal data from all state-based data brokers through a single, verifiable consumer request, I can't see why this law won't snowball into other states once consumers learn about how much data we are unwittingly giving over for free.