Occasionally E.F.F. takes a position with which this writer agrees.
"Privacy should not
have a price tag." The price tag should not be set by the company that
exploits your data, whether for what they might pay you if you agree to
be exploited, or whether they sell your data to someone else... or what
they extort from you as their price to you for NOT revealing your data to
others.
Among the many shocking revelations, Hayley Tsukayama suggests (although this writer has paraphrased) that the
information that Person XXX has erectile dysfunction is worth about 0.08
cents. Imagine what it might cost the real Person XXX if they do not
have erectile dysfunction, but an insurance company has bought the list and factors ED coverage into the choices of policies they are willing to sell to Person XXX.
Have you ever received a call from a telemarketer whose apparent purpose is
Medicare Fraud, who appears to be convinced that you are on his list as
being Diabetic in need of supplies mailed to your home, or/and a chronic pain sufferer in need of multiple supportive braces at no cost to you? Has it occurred to you that
they really did buy a list, and false medical information about you is
out there in the wild?
Apparently, if you went to "the wrong school", or if the public records
falsely claim that you went to "the wrong school", your credit rating
may suffer, you may not be able to secure the sort of loan or credit
card for which you ought to qualify. You can also, apparently, suffer by
association if someone in your neighborhood is an asshole or a villain
or an incorrigible debtor. Some of these sites will list neighbors whom you
have never met as if they are close friends. Bad luck if you live next door
to a major felon!
Bad luck, too, if the sites list an old address (perhaps your parents'
home) as your primary residence, and your true city of residence --now you have left the nest and bought an apartment of your own-- retroactively denies you a
Homesteading deduction on your property taxes. That can cost thousands
in additional taxes, interest and penalties and is very hard indeed to
appeal.
In "Why Getting Paid For Your Data Is A Bad Deal" On data and privacy,
Hayley Tsukayama of
E.F.F (the electronic freedom foundation). makes many good points:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/why-getting-paid-your-data-bad-deal
Her revelations about "location" might make a person nervous about some
of those fitness trackers, not to mention smart phones (which we have
discussed previously).
Trisha Anderson, Yaron Dori , Lindsey L. Tonsager, and Kurt Wimmer blogging for the law firm Covington & Burling LLP discuss How The Upcoming Election Could Change Privacy Laws in the US.
https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2020/10/how-the-upcoming-election-could-change-privacy-law-in-the-us
Although there seems to be bipartisan agreement that something should be done
about any individual's rights to access, to correct, and to delete their own permissionlessly posted "data", the
prospects of any legislation before late 2021 or 2022 are less than
rosy.
For Wilson Elser, legal
bloggers Marisa Trasatti and Benjamin Kerr have generated a
2020 Data Privacy Compendium aimed at helping businesses stay on the
right side of data privacy laws.
https://www.wilsonelser.com/news_and_insights/attorney_articles/4013-trasatti_authors_2020_data_privacy_compendium
As authors, we might collect and retain some information about readers
and newsletter subscribers, whether intentionally or accidentally. It
might be worth checking out the compendium, especially if one has
readers in California.
Meanwhile, sites will sell your data for $50, $39, $5, $1, fewer than
10cents, and although there is verbiage on the sites asking customers to
promise not to use the data to make credit decisions, renting decisions, hiring or firing
decisions... if they plan to hack your title and steal your house or
otherwise steal your identity, the likelihood is probably nil that their click in
a consent box is going to be honored.
Sites that sell your information include truthfinder, peoplesearch,
peopleconnect, wink, USSearch, zabasearch, yasn, IDTtue, Intellius,
Looku, Nuwbe, peekyo, peoplebyname, peoplelookup, privateeye,
peopleverified, been verified, spy, spokeo, radaris, public records,
peoplesmart, people finders, lookupanyone, family tree, emailfinder,
dexknow, truthfinder .... and more.
Doxxing is apparently legal, but especially when an internet company does it for profit. Here is some helpful info:
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-tech/how-to-protect-against-identity-theft.htm
All the best
Rowena Cherry
SPACE SNARK™ http://www.spacesnark.com/
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