Re:Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:20AM
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> Key for us is to never store IP and never pass on any part of it
I think this might hold the key. The law likely doesn’t need to try to regulate advertising per se, but instead the types of data advertisers are allowed to retain (or access).
Maybe a first step is creating a definition of an advertiser, requiring registration (not licensing) and the annual filing of the inputs their algorithm uses? All inputs, even the most banal? This assumes defining advertiser and algorithm and inputs is easier than what we’re trying to ban.
I think this might hold the key. The law likely doesn’t need to try to regulate advertising per se, but instead the types of data advertisers are allowed to retain (or access).
Maybe a first step is creating a definition of an advertiser, requiring registration (not licensing) and the annual filing of the inputs their algorithm uses? All inputs, even the most banal? This assumes defining advertiser and algorithm and inputs is easier than what we’re trying to ban.