An Early Look at How Companies Handle CCPA Requests Submitted by Authorized Agents
Under state laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), consumers finally have a right to control what happens with their data. Under CCPA,...
Category: Authorized Agent
Blog Posts
Identity Verification: Why it Matters for Consumer Privacy (1 of 2)
When we get a driver’s license, start a job, open a bank account, or start some other thrilling administrative event, most of us know we need to...
Identity Verification: Flows We’ve Seen in CCPA Data Requests (2 of 2)
Identity verification is a critical part of exercising most data rights. Are you requesting a copy of your purchase history, or did an identity thief...
Opportunity: Security Engineering Support – Data Rights Protocol
We’re seeking a security engineer with a passion for privacy to contract with the Digital Lab team. This is a remote consulting opportunity for a...
First End-to-End Test of Draft Data Rights Protocol Completed Successfully
Yesterday Ethyca, Incogni, and Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab successfully conducted the first live end-to-end interoperability test of the Data...
On Authorized Agents: Recommendations to California Privacy Regulators from Consumer Reports
From The Consumer Reports Digital Lab Team (digitallab@cr.consumer.org). Who should read this? This writing is aimed at California regulators, the CA...
A Dreamboat Authorized Agent Process
In fall 2021, Consumer Reports Digital Lab launched a study to understand more about the data rights provided to consumers under the California...
Opportunity: R&D Program Support
We’re seeking a professional with great communication skills and a passion for privacy to join the Digital Lab team on a short-term contract basis....
Opportunity: Freelance Engineering Support – Permission Slip
We’re seeking a full stack software engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for privacy to provide contract engineering support to...
Watch CR’s Data Rights Roundtable Co-hosted with the MIT Media Lab
On October 19th, Consumer Reports co-hosted a virtual Data Rights Roundtable with MIT Media Lab to discuss an early draft of a data rights protocol...