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: CCPA
Blog Posts
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...
The Uniform Law Commission privacy model bill is a disaster
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), an organization that seeks to develop model legislation to help bring consistency and uniformity to state laws, has...
New Open Source Project Automates Data Deletion Requests by Email
Although the CCPA is supposed to make it easy for California residents to opt out of companies sharing or selling their data, it hasn’t all been...
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?...
A New Approach to Protecting Online Privacy
Though consumers have a fundamental right to privacy, there is no comprehensive federal privacy law granting consumers baseline privacy and security...
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...
Help the Digital Lab Chart the Future of Consumers’ Data Rights
Image courtesy of Rebecca Wang and OpenIDEO’s Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge This fall, Consumer Reports’ reporting revealed that the California...
Opportunity: Research Assistant / R&D Program Support
NOTE: This position has been filled. However, research positions pop up frequently at the Lab and we’re always interested in hearing from talented...
Consumer Reports Urges Californians to Vote Yes on Proposition 24
The landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the only US-based online privacy law that gives consumers the right to access, delete,...