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Re:Californians now able to one-click purge all of their dat... by silisili on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:51PM (#37839262)
I wonder how strictly said tool will validate the user is actually a CA resident? Hopefully not much, I'd probably try to use it anyways as someone not living in CA.

I remember emailing a site that apparently scraped LinkedIn, asking them to remove my information. They told me to fill out a form attesting I lived in California. When I told them I did not live in California, they told me to just sign it anyways and they'd proceed - and they did. So how many other companies are really checking each individual for truthiness? Doing so would seem impossible at such a scale.

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Re:Californians now able to one-click purge all of their dat... by hn_230601 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:01PM (#37839355)
Having deleted a bunch of online accounts a year ago, a lot of companies used OneTrust and their privacy policy would typically specify for California residents but the process varied pretty widely.

Some of the data deletion requests would ask "Are you a California resident (yes/no)" while some would ask for a California address, and some wouldn't ask at all.

One of the companies had a support person respond back to my request when I had answered no to being a California resident strongly implying I should resubmit my request with it marked yes which I ended up doing and it resolved smoothly.

I imagine companies that mainly make their money from the data would be a lot more strict on it though.

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Re:Californians now able to one-click purge all of their dat... by immibis on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:34AM (#37842824)
and it's not even fraud because they told you to lie
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Re:Californians now able to one-click purge all of their dat... by singleshot_ on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:57PM (#37839316)
I’m sure if you wanted to find a lawyer who could help you become a de jure California resident for a sufficient time, it could be arranged. (For instance, there is one right here in this thread with you…)
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Re:Californians now able to one-click purge all of their dat... by nocoiner on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:52PM (#37839702)
The California Franchise Tax Board would probably be delighted with that arrangement as well. They have an office next to my dentist. I live in Texas!
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