Data Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google Search
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We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online – The Markup
Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters reached out for comment, multiple companies have stopped the practice.
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We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online – The Markup
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gotta. they just want to be marked spam.
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We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online – The Markup
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We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online – The Markup
Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters reached out for comment, multiple companies have stopped the practice.
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Fortunately, here's the links and instructions. Take 20 minutes a day to knock one out.
GitHub - yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Contribute to yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub (github.com)
I've had to email the Support accounts for brokers plenty of times because, shocker, their opt out page is janky and broken.
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Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters reached out for comment, multiple companies have stopped the practice.
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Do any of those databroker data deletion services actually work? Are they worth it?
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Page does not exist
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Page does not exist
Oops thanks
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Oops thanks
It exists if you use HTTPS and not
www.
at the beginning of the hostname: -
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(themarkup.org)
https://justdeleteme.xyz/ and https://simpleoptout.com/, there was this one website that had a pre-filled email template too, and it'd remind you to follow up with support, etc. Even while this isn't for data brokers, it's good to have these just in general.
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https://justdeleteme.xyz/ and https://simpleoptout.com/, there was this one website that had a pre-filled email template too, and it'd remind you to follow up with support, etc. Even while this isn't for data brokers, it's good to have these just in general.
found it! https://yourdigitalrights.org/
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Do any of those databroker data deletion services actually work? Are they worth it?
Imagine if they get hacked. They would never tell..or they would lose their whole customer base. Although they would still have their data I guess..
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It exists if you use HTTPS and not
www.
at the beginning of the hostname:Hah, they need to go update their DNS settings to include the
www.
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Hah, they need to go update their DNS settings to include the
www.
No, www needs to go the way of the dodo.
Gotta love an abbreviation that is longer to say than the expansion
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No, www needs to go the way of the dodo.
Gotta love an abbreviation that is longer to say than the expansion
I’m somewhere in between: I also hate
www.
but it’s usually pretty easy to just redirect it.On mobile now, but if there’s no
HTTPS
DNS record and no HSTS HTTP headers those are things I’d be more concerned about — kind of wish leaving port 80 open wasn’t still so necessary. -
Hah, they need to go update their DNS settings to include the
www.
Why would they add the
www.
subdomain with no use for it? That'd be like including a handcrank with a new car just because some old people still think they need it -
Why would they add the
www.
subdomain with no use for it? That'd be like including a handcrank with a new car just because some old people still think they need itI mean, this entire thread was started because of a broken link. So I don’t know that “no use for it” is entirely accurate. It would have prevented the broken link, and that is a use.
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Do any of those databroker data deletion services actually work? Are they worth it?
I can tell you optery does. Expensive though.
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Thank you so much.