Permission Slip

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, giving California consumers important new privacy rights, including the right to access, delete, and stop the sale of their information. The CCPA is the first comprehensive commercial privacy law in the United States. But CR’s research has revealed just how tough it can be for California consumers to use the data rights stipulated in the CCPA. The CCPA has an “authorized agent” provision that allows a consumer to delegate a third party to exercise data rights on their behalf. This got us thinking, how do we help consumers meaningfully exercise their data rights?

In 2022, CR launched Permission Slip, a mobile app that makes it easy to take control of your personal data. The app shows you what kinds of data companies collect, and lets you decide what to do. With a simple tap, you can tell a company to stop selling your data or to delete your data entirely. We all know how confusing and time-consuming it can be to communicate how you want companies to handle your personal data. Permission Slip makes it simple. 

It’s no secret that a huge number of companies are collecting, buying and selling data about us. With Permission Slip, you can find out what information they collect, and take action to help protect yourself. With Permission Slip, consumers can: 

• better understand which companies have their data
• set permissions for what companies can do with their data
• exercise their digital rights more easily
• use their data to hold companies accountable

And now with Permission Slip Plus, we’re offering consumers an even more powerful way to reduce your digital footprint. Paid subscribers have access to powerful automation and additional support from our team of data experts. With Permission Slip Plus, you get:

1. Automation requests to 100+ Data Brokers: We’ve identified over 100 data brokers who buy and sell consumer data. When you sign up for Plus, we’ll tell all of these brokers to stop selling your data. 
2. Help from Human Advocates: Historically, there are some companies we haven’t been able to submit requests to because the process is just too time consuming. We’re delighted that with Permission Slip Plus, you’ll be able to send requests to these companies thanks to the efforts of our data concierge team, who will work to send up to 25 of these requests for you annually. 
3. Easier Request Sending: Save time by sending opt-out requests in Bulk instead of individually selecting them with Plus.

Ready to take Permission Slip for a spin? Download the app here and let us know what you think.