Jon Keegan
Damn. It’s like Biden has been reading @themarkup. The call for data minimization is noteworthy. Pushing the burden on companies to collect just the data they truly need rather than making consumers do all this work to opt out https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/07/fact-sheet-in-state-of-the-union-president-biden-to-outline-vision-to-advance-progress-on-unity-agenda-in-year-ahead/ #SOTU
FACT SHEET: In State of the Union, President Biden to Outline Vision to Advance Progress on Unity Agenda in Year Ahead - The White House

During his first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a four-part Unity Agenda focused on areas where members of both parties can come together and make additional progress for the American people: ending cancer as we know it; delivering on the sacred obligation to veterans; tackling the mental health crisis; and beating the opioid and…

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Show threadAndrew WatermanFeb 8, 2023
@jonkeegan @themarkup the entire burden for recycling, to removing plastic, to removing carbon from the economy, needs to rest on company shoulders. Pretending consumers are responsible for how companies manufacture and distribute goods is another, long-running, scam.
Show threadKlavsKlavsenFeb 11, 2023
@jonkeegan
#sotu in the EU we enjoy consumer protection from the GDPR - which would indeed fine companies who hold onto data they have not specifically asked the person its about, if they may keep (and even then forever is not allowed)