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New Yorkers, Let’s work together and help Albany defeat the industry lobby and pass the NY Privacy Act next year. #S5642 nysenate.gov/legislation/bi…
In case you missed it, I wrote a guide of sorts for PAPER’s #BreakTheInternet issue to help you escape creepy ads, build up your data privacy defenses, and pep talk you into getting involved in the battle to demand your #datarights in the USA. papermag.com/escaping-the-a…
A common thread between this new Privacy Project piece and my PAPER piece is that consumers have been gaslit into surveillance capitalism using consent without rights as a cudgel. Industry deceptions that location data is “anonymous” lead to catastrophes like Cambridge Analytica.
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I’m here at NY State Senate hearing on #S5642 #NYPrivacyAct and will offer some commentary…
@Partnership4NYC opens with testimony that seeks to gut the draft bill to take a far more pro-business stance. They want opt-out instead of opt-in and to strike the private right of action while delaying roll-out to 2 years from 6 months. #S6542
Business Council of New York State prefers federal law and FTC enforcement. Seems to want to narrow concern to data breach rather than address data abuse. They even object to basic data request rights! claiming it’s onerous for business (despite CCPA/GDPR). #S5642
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