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Companies that obtain and sell your user information should have to pay you royalties. Agree or disagree? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by K3zi4@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Privacy concerns are a very popular and valid talking point on Lemmy, so I would like to gather your thoughts and opinions on this. (Apologies if it's already been discussed!)

Would you support this? Would it work or even be viable? (If it could somehow overcome the rabid resistance from these big companies). What are your thoughts?

Personally, I'm getting more and more agitated at the state of this late stage global capitalism, where companies have the gall to ask you to pay or subscribe to their products, while they already make money from you for selling your data. It's been an issue for a long time now, but seems to really be ramping up.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago

Companies who obtain and sell your user information should be put out of business and have their executives and board go to prison for thousands or millions of counts of stalking.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

But you generally literally say "yes, I permit you to use and sell my information"

In instances where that isn't the case, I agree with you, it's stalking.

[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It's far more nuanced than that. What if the company tells you they are collecting and selling your data and even give you a way to opt out, but it's on page 28 of the Terms and Conditions.

It should be law that companies must have a clear and transparent way to communicate data collection and what they do with said data

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