The Right to Data Portability Is Kind of a Joke, But It Could Be So Much More
A modest proposal for reforming the Right to Data Portability as a means to curate our digital identities.
Sometimes, the best ideas for blog topics (or anything, really), comes over a good meal with an amiable companion, and a few glasses of wine. A few days ago, Husbot and I had a lovely meal at Six by Nico1 and as one does after a few glasses, randomly ended up on the topic of data protection — specifically, an aspect of data privacy and rights that are frequently overlooked: data portability. It all started with a rant.
David was relaying how our Netflix account was suspended after I’d canceled the credit card it’s attached to, and neither of us had remembered to add a new card. He got the warning email of course, but hadn’t gotten around to correcting it — after all, it’s summer and a time to enjoy the long d…
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