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Massachusetts lawmakers passed the Consumer Data Privacy Act, banning the sale of precise location data and granting residents new rights over accessing and deleting their data.
A report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) reveals that major data brokers and AI companies, including Google, Meta, and OpenAI, use deceptive design patterns in opt-out forms that prevent consumers from effectively opting out of data sale and sharing.
The article argues that for most people, planting fake personal details online as red herrings is ineffective against data brokers and serious adversaries, and can cause more harm than good, while pseudonyms and targeted decoys may be useful.