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We need to regulate private data amassed by internet giants the same way we regulate data gathered by credit reporting agencies.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act [1]:

- regulates what data credit agencies can store,

- mandates that people be able to access data about themselves,

- mandates that third parties cannot access a person's data without the person's consent every single time,

- mandates that people must be able to correct false information in their credit file,

- mandates that people be able to place a "freeze" on uses of their credit data

Each of these things translates quite nicely to private data that internet giants gather on us.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Credit_Reporting_Act