Companies That Buy and Sell Your Data Are Not Following California’s Strict Privacy Laws
US data broker compliance findings have no immediate Australian regulatory parallel - low priority for APS readers.
Key points
- Stanford study finds California data brokers obstructing consumer privacy requests and under-reporting request volumes.
- Item concerns US state-level data broker regulation - no direct Australian regulatory parallel cited.
- Limited direct relevance to APS AI governance work; included as peripheral international context.
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"Companies That Buy and Sell Your Data Are Not Following California’s Strict Privacy Laws"
Source: HAI Stanford – News
Published: (undated)
URL: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/companies-that-buy-and-sell-your-data-are-not-following-californias-strict-privacy-laws
A Stanford HAI study finds that data brokers operating under California's privacy laws are making it difficult for consumers to submit deletion or opt-out requests, and are failing to accurately report the volume of privacy requests received. The research points to systemic non-compliance with California's relatively strict data broker regulatory regime. This is a US state-level privacy enforcement finding with no direct connection to Australian AI governance frameworks or APS practice.
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