Standardizing Data Rights Requests with a Common Protocol
There is no standard way to exchange data rights requests under the law today. This means consumers need to contact companies and interact with them...
Category: Authorized Agent
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Helping consumers see their data with a CCPA data access agent
Last year, Consumer Reports launched an Authorized Agent pilot to help consumers stop the sale of their data by companies. The results inspired the...
Calling all public interest tech researchers!
Are you passionate about privacy, security, or digital rights? Do you work on consumer protection research or new methods to study the digital world?...
On Operating a Do Not Sell Authorized Agent Under CCPA
Consumer Reports became an authorized agent, submitted opt-out requests on behalf of California consumers — and learned a lot. The California...
Opportunity: Design Futures for a “Consumer Data Co-op”
U.S. consumers have little control over the collection and sale of their personal data, which leads to profiling, manipulation, price discrimination...
Putting the CCPA into Practice: Piloting a CR Authorized Agent
Image courtesy of Afsal CMK and OpenIDEO’s Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge Consumer Reports wants to help consumers meaningfully exercise their...