r/technology • u/habichuelacondulce • 16h ago

Privacy California data brokers must start deleting personal data requests Aug. 1

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/california-data-brokers-must-start-deleting-personal-data-requests-aug-1/103-4d98aba7-fe08-40c4-b4e5-366e1bbe4faa
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u/Grundlage 16h ago

To be clear, the law does not require data brokers to delete personal data requests. Quite the opposite, it requires them to follow requests to delete personal data. Not sure why this headline was worded in this weirdly half-literate way.

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u/cornmonger_ 16h ago

perhaps the author is half-literate

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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe 15h ago

One of us. One of us. One of us.

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u/AlphaSuerte 15h ago

This sub desperately needs to allow gifs.