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Post your comments for Protect Our Data! A Digital Consumer Bill of Rights here

[richeemxx]

I should have the right to quit.

Good lord yes! I got into an argument with a customer support rep at, of all places, Blockbuster online about them not deleting my old personal information after I canceled my accounts. Got a really good laugh when he said "rest assured your data is perfectly safe"

Really now!! Guess all those data breaches out there aren't real either There should be no reason for a company to retain my data after I leave and if they do there should at least be the option of removing any of it I see fit from their website. Just in case someone somehow gets my log-in information and accesses said account.

This post has been edited by richeemxx: 09 February 2012 - 09:11 PM

[imradar]

Where do I sign up? Been waiting to hear this.

[stewdanko]

You expect rights from private enterprises? What do you think they are, the government?

[SimpleSense]

I liked igoogle alot, but I just closed my google account because these suckers are getting out of hand with privacy invasions. For folks that don't know, following the "integration of their data collection efforts" (improved spying) that takes effect on March 1, they are now developing a software that will use built-in computer microphones to listen in on your home (not kidding). They claim the computer just uses the audio coming from your home 'to better target advertising'. See, it's to help US. I read the details of what it does. The software will even pick up what you are watching on TV, the music you are playing, etc. I don't want these suckers collecting data on me, tracking everywhere I go and now even listening in on my home, EVEN IF THE DATA IS SYNTHESIZED, OR OTHERWISE RENDERED. Enough is enough.

[clzaga]

I truly believe the future for us if not to be anonymous online -- this would protect us and our information. The only way I see this can be accomplished is if we all were require to telesign into our accounts (facebook, the bank) and that way every phone number would be link to a person...
This would mean that this bill of rights had to be super enforced..and would be a stronger debate than it seems to be now.

[mipa]

What about when our government seizes our data in trying to seize others and destroys it? Isnt' that needed too?

[monikar]

I don't know about others, but, in my opinion, no bill is going to force anyone to delete data they already collected.
I am shocked watching people posting their life on the web, their files, pictures. Cloud? It is a cheap way to get a hold of any data that private citizen have, allow it to be hacked by anyone in the world, while staff behind a cloud is laughing and joking how stupid people are to believe in privacy on the web.
If you do not want to worry about data being accessed by others, DO NOT SAVE IT ON THE WEB. You can turn off computer, smartphone or tablet, you can't turn off the cloud.
The protection of data is getting more and more expensive and it is cheaper to pay the fine or pay for identity theft damages than maintain security of the data. As long as this is true, no company is going to spend extra money to keep data safe. Besides, is there a way to track if your data was compromised? Companies are mandated to report it, but is anyone auditing it?