What DeleteMe and Incogni aren't telling you

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Update: Incogni also emailed me: www.rejectconvenience.blog/blog/blog/incognis-resp…

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BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/rejectconvenience.com
Reject Convenience Forum: rejectconvenience.com/forum/
Forum post: rejectconvenience.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=235
Blog post: www.rejectconvenience.blog/blog/blog/data-deletion…

▬▬ Resources ▬▬
Delete the data yourself (for free!): inteltechniques.com/workbook.html
Open source alternative (also free!): remover.visiblelabs.org/
What states have privacy laws: www.preiskel.com/opt-out-provisions-in-us-state-pr…
Find your Local Representative: www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representa…

▬▬ References ▬▬
What states have privacy laws?: pro.bloomberglaw.com/insights/privacy/state-privac…
Data broker registration (TX): texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com/data-broker-registr…
Data broker registration (CA): oag.ca.gov/data-brokers
What kinds of data brokers are there?: www.tomkemp.ai/blog/2022/10/05/a-look-at-the-diffe…
How much is your data worth?: www.webfx.com/blog/internet/what-are-data-brokers-…
How data brokers get your info: www.security.org/data-removal/data-broker/#how-the…
Personal Health Data Brokers: www.healthline.com/health-news/your-mental-health-…
Statistics on Data Brokers: www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/vpn/data…
Office Depot Privacy Policy: www.officedepot.com/l/help/privacy-statement
General Motors Privacy Policy: www.gm.com/privacy-statement
Eight Sleep Privacy Policy: www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/379226/full-legal
PayPal Privacy Policy: www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full
Amazon Privacy Policy: www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeI…
Unacast: www.unacast.com/privacy-policy
Unacast Consumer Data Enrichment (Under "Data in Action"): www.unacast.com/products/consumer-data-enrichment
Venntel: www.venntel.com/privacy-ccpa-optout-stats
Whitepages: www.whitepages.com/privacy
Incogni Broker List: blog.incogni.com/data-brokers-incogni-covers/
DeleteMe Broker List: joindeleteme.com/sites-we-remove-from/
Optery Broker List: www.optery.com/data-brokers/
Onerep Broker List: onerep.com/sites-we-remove-from
Mozilla Monitor does not list what brokers they work with: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozilla-monitor-faq?r…
Recent Data Breaches: privacyrights.org/data-breaches
Facebook Data Breach (ft. Mark!): www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/533-million…
Scams Cost A Lot: www.cnbc.com/2021/06/29/americans-lost-billions-of…
Spotify Cookie Vendor List: www.spotify.com/us/legal/cookies-vendor-list/
Gmail has a privacy problem: cybernews.com/privacy/no-gmail-isnt-private-at-all…

▬▬ Video References ▬▬
What if you can't reject convenience:    • What if you can't reject convenience?  
Cookies video:    • How advertisers ruined a good idea  
VPN sponsors video:    • I looked into VPN sponsors...  
Data breaches video:    • The inevitable fate of your personal data  

▬▬ Credit and Special Thanks ▬▬
Thanks to ‪@Luchland‬ for popping in for this video!
Thanks to Yeebus from ‪@YouAreMachines‬ for voicing Spider-Man
Thanks to Felicia for making the tube man!
Thanks to Kai for the Incogni screenshots!
Audio production by [lý]
– lyismusic.dk/
– www.instagram.com/ly_is_music

▬▬ Timestamps ▬▬
00:00 Chapter I: Why Comply?
01:44 Chapter II: What is a data broker?
04:14 Chapter III: Personal Health Data Brokers
07:33 Chapter IV: Risk Mitigation Data Brokers
09:01 Chapter V: Financial Information Data Brokers
10:53 Chapter VI: Marketing Data Brokers
16:03 Chapter VII: The Risks of Inferred Data
17:53 Chapter VIII: People Search Services
20:00 Chapter IX: Data Deletion Services
25:42 Chapter X: The Real Controversy
27:19 Chapter XI: What you can do
31:33 Bonus: The best ending ever

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