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Re:Data Broker Opt-Out List by gorgoiler on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:56AM (#24389539)
Deadlines help a lot. Has it elapsed, and what was the followup?
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Re:Data Broker Opt-Out List by DyslexicAtheist on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:36AM (#24389710)
yes it elapsed and the "profile" is still up. my only choice now is to complain to my "data protection commissioner" but considering GDPR has no teeth I'm not confident it will impress anyone.
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Re:Data Broker Opt-Out List by TeMPOraL on Sunday September 06, 2020 @04:07AM (#24389830)
It has teeth, but it's not very hungry right now. Still, if you complain and CC crunchbase in, then it's them who have to do this calculation, and in context of risk. It may just be enough to get them to remove the data about you.
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Re:Data Broker Opt-Out List by justinclift on Sunday September 06, 2020 @07:32AM (#24390660)
Was the "I will hand over this matter to my lawyer" piece a bluff? :(
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Re:Data Broker Opt-Out List by reaperducer on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:56PM (#24393215)
Good question. 99.999999% of the time when some internet rando says he'll contact his lawyer, the reality is that he has no lawyer and no lawyer would ever take his case.

Threatening to tattle to an imaginary lawyer just gets you written off as an angry whack job.

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