So, You Think A Company Misused Your Data. How To Write A DSAR.
Learn how to audit a company for your user data, request data suppression or even demand total deletion — all in one email.
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Don’t Mess With The Data Subject
In my experience, no one is more sensitive to and protective of personal data than those, like myself, who work in the data science field.
Although many who seek to protect customer data are ethically-minded, some are just trying to avoid a very real consequence.
Fines.
Sephora: 1.2 million. Meta: 400 million. Google: Over 4 billion.
Since the list above is not a club you want to join, even as a multibillion enterprise, an increasing number of companies are ensuring that consumers are aware of how the company uses their data.
And, even better, in many cases, you even have an option of requesting an audit, suppression or outright deletion of your data.
The problem is that requesting any of those things is not an easy process.
