[tempodox]

> With a tap, you can tell a company to stop selling your data or to delete your data entirely.

Will they listen or just laugh it off? Besides, making it the individual's job to run around and tell everyone to delete their data is the worst possible way. And who has data on you without your knowledge? How about not collecting all that data in the first place?

Edit for clarification: I'm not criticizing CR, they're doing what they can under the circumstances.

[tony101]

From their FAQ:

“Permission Slip helps you exercise your right to privacy under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by acting as your ‘authorized agent’ and sending data requests to companies for you.”

https://www.permissionslipcr.com/faq.php

The California Attorney General is monitoring companies’ compliance with authorized agent requests:

“The sweep also focuses on businesses that failed to process consumer requests submitted via an authorized agent, as required by the CCPA. Requests submitted by authorized agents include those sent by Permission Slip, a mobile application developed by Consumer Reports that allows consumers to send requests to opt-out and delete their personal information.”

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/ahead-data-privacy-da...

[buzzerbetrayed]

Don’t let the perfect be the event of the good. CR can’t make companies not collect data to begin with. That requires legislation. With this app, they are doing what they _can_ do.

[tempodox]

I agree, and I wasn't blaming CR. I thought it would be obvious that it's legislation that is lacking.

[ilyt]

If they are under reach GDPR they have to if you tell them. No idea whether separate company pretending to be a proxy of you would be listened to