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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day ago

I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.

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I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day ago

Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.

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They did! The field has_been_deleted to Yes for all the records!

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