<![CDATA[You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them.]]>You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them.

Informing them after the fact, then offering them to delete the information, isn't respecting consent. And in many cases, isn't legal either.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/530cfc5a-29d3-449f-ad57-5055232ed46c/you-must-ask-for-consent-before-you-collect-someone-s-information-or-do-something-to-them.RSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 13:05:48 GMTTue, 24 Mar 2026 22:51:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them. on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:20 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon I've contacted a few data brokers, asking a) how much they have made from scraping my data, and b) asking for my cut of the money they make off my data, and c) asking them to delete any data of mine they hold.
I'm still waiting for either a response, or some money to hit my bank account.
And I'm not going to hold my brath.
I'm also wondering how many of these data removal companies (Incogni, etc) are owned by or aligned withthe big data bokers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.teamb.space/users/stuartb/statuses/116289256850598701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.teamb.space/users/stuartb/statuses/116289256850598701Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:07:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them. on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:56:25 GMT]]>@emma

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Em0nM4stodon/statuses/116286618728318027https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Em0nM4stodon/statuses/116286618728318027Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:56:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them. on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:56:10 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon works for me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orbital.horse/users/emma/statuses/116286617688954281https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orbital.horse/users/emma/statuses/116286617688954281Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:56:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them. on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:55:21 GMT]]>@emma Let's all be gay then

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Em0nM4stodon/statuses/116286614483006729https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Em0nM4stodon/statuses/116286614483006729Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:55:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You must ask for consent before you collect someone's information or do something to them. on Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:54:39 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon it certainly isn't ethical, but the chief egg-shaped-head of Sand Hill Road says that ethics make you gay.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orbital.horse/users/emma/statuses/116286611725613140https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orbital.horse/users/emma/statuses/116286611725613140Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:54:39 GMT