Findings from helping 104 consumers access their own data from companies
“Cyber Specialists” by Khahn Tran is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Companies collect and store a lot of data about us. Aren’t you curious...
Category: Data rights
Blog Posts
Data Rights Protocol and Global Privacy Control
Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab recently announced the Data Rights Protocol (DRP), a cross-sector initiative that seeks to standardize data rights...
Opportunity: R&D Program Support
We’re seeking a professional with great communication skills and a passion for privacy to join the Digital Lab team on a short-term contract basis....
Opportunity: Freelance Engineering Support – Permission Slip
We’re seeking a full stack software engineer with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for privacy to provide contract engineering support to...
Watch CR’s Data Rights Roundtable Co-hosted with the MIT Media Lab
On October 19th, Consumer Reports co-hosted a virtual Data Rights Roundtable with MIT Media Lab to discuss an early draft of a data rights protocol...
Standardizing Data Rights Requests with a Common Protocol
There is no standard way to exchange data rights requests under the law today. This means consumers need to contact companies and interact with them...
The Case for Fair Market Rules for the Largest Online Platforms
Digital services have revolutionized the way people live, work, communicate, and shop. As these services have become more entrenched in our daily...
Helping consumers see their data with a CCPA data access agent
Last year, Consumer Reports launched an Authorized Agent pilot to help consumers stop the sale of their data by companies. The results inspired the...
Lab notes: May 2021
CR’s Digital Fellows deliver lightning talks on consumer tech harms Earlier this month we hosted an event to showcase the innovative work of...
New Open Source Project Automates Data Deletion Requests by Email
Although the CCPA is supposed to make it easy for California residents to opt out of companies sharing or selling their data, it hasn’t all been...
