[xendipity]

>> Go to spydialer.com, then click the link "Do Not Sell My Info".

> Cool. Now compare that to another one listed [infocore]:

To opt-out of spydialer.com, you go to https://www.spydialer.com/Consumers/, then you have to provide all of the information you think it has on you to verify your identity and selectively remove it from their services.

I'm not really comfortable providing my full name, address (or addresses if you've lived in multiple places), and phone numbers to a Data Broker just to opt-out - that feels quite counter to the idea of them ideally not having my information in the first place.

I feel like I need a global opt-out where a system or agent on my behalf can then handle this for me at each place where data can be collected.

[dannyw]

At the very least, when a company acquires my data through any mechanism, it should be forced to email me with a copy of all the data they have on me, and with a one click link to get them to delete the data and permanently opt out.

Any company found in procession of personal data without the appropriate (delivered) email notifications being sent should be fined at minimum $1000 per individual, and criminal charges if intentional.

This won't put anything like services you voluntarily sign up for out of business (as they send sign up confirmations anyway, or should).

[rckoepke]

This would severely backfire if the data broker thought someone else's email account was associated with your identity. Say:

Danny W[ilkins]

- Job Title

- Salary

- Job application records

- Social media post history

- Email 1: [e-mail] (correct)

- Email 2: [e-mail] (correct)

- Email 3: [e-mail] (not correct)

I'd assume they'd send the email containing your salary and post history to the two valid emails as well as the one invalid email.

That seems like a potential nightmare for you, for example records of job searches being sent to your employer email.

[AJ007]

Does that have to be the email account you registered with that business? It definitely is concerning if someone could effortlessly assemble a database of all of this information just by getting control of your email address. Chat logs, Alexa recordings, geo locations going back years, every Uber ride you ever called and the addresses you came and went to.

Even the deletion requests could cause an identity theft nightmare. One hack and all of your Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Steam/Blizzard/Any game company, identify and digital assets are gone forever with no chance of return.

[hjotp5]

There’s this odd grey area , it seems Zillow is claiming it’s publicly available data which I believe they are right as the data comes from government lease knowledge. So you don’t own your name and address. If I own a business that wants to use machine learning and guess if you are republican or Democrat based on your house location do you own that guess when I sell it? Is that your data?

[giarc]

Until that company then turns around and sells your data. Looking at you Unroll.me