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morkalork 35 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants' Tax Identifie...

Residents of California have the right to opt out, no?

runako 35 days ago | [–]

In theory, they also don't get spam calls.

frankharv 35 days ago | [–]

Opt out from snake oil salesmen.

Yea sure. If it helps you sleep better. It is the law.

In reality the data is already 'grey market' so I doubt the law matters to them.

Disappear and new data broker sets up shop. You think these people are regulated? I bet they swap datasets like Pokemon.

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