Permission Slip: Controlling Data About You

Every day there is a data breach, by a school district, a business, or hospital. It seems no matter where you might store your data, it’s sure that someone will bumble it and spill your personally identifiable information on the web. Alas.

Permission Slip (see website here) is an app that tries to stop companies who may have your data from hoarding it where hackers might seek to free it. For example, I had no idea that Trader Joe’s had my data. But the app from Consumer Reports found it, and then handled the issue of safeguarding it.
I didn’t really do much except ask the app to investigate, and it wasn’t long before I received this notice in my inbox:

We have evaluated your request dated 10/15/2023 to:

 

•             Delete your personal information

 

We would like to inform you that we have processed your Request to [Correct/Delete] your personal information.

 

As required by applicable law, we may need to maintain a record of this request, including the date of the request, nature of the request, manner in which the request was made, date of our response, nature of response, and basis for any denial.

 

At Trader Joe’s, our business is selling groceries.  We do not buy or sell customers’ personal information.  We treat our customers – and their data – the way we would like to be treated.  We only collect the information that we need to run our business, and we don’t collect, or ask any third party to collect, information about our customers without their knowledge and consent. Details regarding our privacy policy can be found at https://www.traderjoes.com/home/privacy-policy

 

If you have any questions or want to appeal this decision, please contact us as privacy@traderjoes.com.

Give it a try.


Everything posted on Miguel Guhlin’s blogs/wikis are his personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the views of his employer(s) or its clients. Read Full Disclosure


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