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by porpoisemonkey 3423 days ago
Thanks for the additional information.

This is a step in the right direction but it's unfortunate that the obligation to disclose appears to be opt-in and not opt-out as detailed in paragraph (a).

> that business shall, after the receipt of a written or electronic mail request, or, if the business chooses to receive requests by toll-free telephone or facsimile numbers, a telephone or facsimile request from the customer, provide all of the following information to the customer free of charge

To compile a list of all companies that have their personal information an user would have to identify every business they have a business relationship with that could possibly be gathering this information and then send a written request to each on a regular basis as the request is only valid for information disclosed in the proceeding year. It seems then that this law only really covers consumers in the event that they find one specific and recent instance where they'd like this information disclosed.

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Correction:

> To compile a list of all companies that have their personal information an user would have to identify every business they have a business relationship with that could possibly be gathering this information and then send a written request to each on a regular basis as the request is only valid for information disclosed in the preceding year.