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Americans’ data privacy frustrations – but do you believe the polls?

According to survey results shared exclusively with Axios, Americans broadly want more control over what happens with their personal information and think that existing tools seem outdated and should be easier to use. But when you look a little deeper, you find that the polls are commissioned by companies selling privacy tools. The real behaviors …

A Commons for Privacy Consent

Since the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mandate, marketers worldwide have reluctantly appended privacy consent mechanisms to their site user flow. The dark patterns they use show they have no viable alternative but to collect cookie data. Consumers respond by providing fake data, using ad blockers and other techniques. Escaping this vicious cycle requires …