Strypey · @strypey
2189 followers · 20387 posts · Server mastodon.nzoss.nz"[Lawmakers] must seriously consider whether this idea of “anonymized” versus “personally identifiable information,” absent narrow reference to specific statistical techniques, is one that should make it into federal privacy law at all. Focusing instead on types of data and types of data collection and sharing—like banning the sale of especially sensitive data, such as [citizens'] GPS location histories—would be a better start."
#JustinSherman, 2019
Strypey · @strypey
2189 followers · 20386 posts · Server mastodon.nzoss.nz"The irony that data brokers claim that their “anonymized” data is risk-free is absurd: Their entire business model and marketing pitch rests on the premise that they can intimately and highly selectively track, understand, and microtarget individual people."
#JustinSherman, 2019
https://www.wired.com/story/big-data-may-not-know-your-name-but-it-knows-everything-else/
#justinsherman #data #privacy #databrokers #datafarms #datafarming
Gizmodo · @gizmodo
1 followers · 3056 posts · Server mastodon.geekspawn.xyz
These Companies Know When You're Pregnant—And They're Not Keeping It Secret https://gizmodo.com/data-brokers-selling-pregnancy-roe-v-wade-abortion-1849148426 #electronicfrontierfoundation #businessintelligence #technology2cinternet #informationprivacy #thewashingtonpost #informationbroker #dataprotection #bennettcyphers #kadecrockford #justinsherman #laticefischer #information #jumanamusa #privacylaw #andrewpole #gianteagle #lisawayne #alanbraid #computing #coinbase #abortion #liveramp #research
#electronicfrontierfoundation #businessintelligence #technology2cinternet #informationprivacy #thewashingtonpost #informationbroker #dataprotection #bennettcyphers #kadecrockford #justinsherman #laticefischer #information #jumanamusa #privacylaw #andrewpole #gianteagle #lisawayne #alanbraid #computing #coinbase #abortion #liveramp #research