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California's Delete Act will make erasing consumers' data easier | Advertisers aren't happy in the slightest, of course (www.techspot.com)
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California's Delete Act will make erasing consumers' data easier | Advertisers aren't happy in the slightest, of course::undefined

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I shouldn't have to delete my data. Stop them from collecting it in the first place.

[–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

Then the advertisers would have to be actually upset and not just pretend upset.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Hope the CA DMV is also included in this bill. They sell your data to brokers like this. F*cking hypocrites.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Delete my data

haha yeah okay “deeeleeeete” ok gone.

It’s not gone?

right.

[–] quazar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can I pass all my internet usage through California?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

So kind of like GDPR?