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I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.
Ars TechnicaSaturday, August 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM
RedScroll Brief
Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
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- Impact
- High
- Category
- Technology
- Market relevance
- Moderate
- Why it matters
- Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends. Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Some and Technology.
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What happened
Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
Why it matters
Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.
Background
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Timeline
Ars Technica published: I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.
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Economic impact
Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Some and Technology.
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