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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick Not at all! I mean outlawing the business activity that is called "data broker". If the sole purpose of your business activity is collecting user data to resell it for the enrichment of records in other entities databases I think that should be illegal. I'm only talking 2nd partyPermalink On twitter.com
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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick I think it is very simple, straightforward, easy to identify and solves a lot of confusion and problems in the system if regulators were to do it. It's clear a lot of them are focused on this specific activity and trying to give users the tools to consent to it or not, but...Permalink On twitter.com
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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick The nature of how such businesses work, and how data brokerage can become an add on for something like a credit card company, makes a 2nd party data broker something basically impossible for a user to avoid / knowledgeably consent to. Outlawing that specific activity solves a lotPermalink On twitter.com
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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick It's pretty clear to me that almost no user would consent to Equifax selling their data or Equifax buying their data. Same with Verizon selling subscriber data. But users are forced into those services basically against their will. Consent is impossible in the current market...Permalink On twitter.com
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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick (There's prob a good antitrust arg about pricing when the price is user data etc...) If most data brokers either have your data because you're forced into releasing it to them OR because they purchased it from a service that you had to use, consent is not the right tool...Permalink On twitter.com
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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick So, if there was a platonic user data privacy law it would have to ban data brokering at the 2nd party level. No way around it IMO. Instead regulators are basically in the process of slowly ramping up to that but could lose momentum at any time which would be unf. for citizens.On twitter.com
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Myles_Younger RubSchreurs Ryanbarwick And all that activity happens entirely outside the web anyway. No nasty technical knots to unwind. Just say 'this business transaction type is now illegal' and it solves a TON of problems. But I don't see that happening that way. It's going to sneak up on us. But it's on its way.Permalink On twitter.com
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