In the future, please provide an archive link or a link backing up the statment: https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20251113.html

Edit: Rule 7

the picture is broken

oh wait...now I see it.

People praising this are unaware of exactly how many different companies have our data. Google works with thousands of different companies that collect our data, amazon works with thousands, facebook works with thousands every internet provider and TV company sells your shit to thousands of different companies

also...just websites? Not databrokers or advertising companies who don't keep the data on websites? This is a weak half measure that doesn't even make a dent in the problem

All you need to do is send them more personal data to confirm it is really you. Then they will delete it all, promise.

More data collection should be opt in only from the start but at least this is something

Here is my question.

How does this affect LLMs. Because as I understand it, once they are trained, you cannot just, "deletr the data out."

laughs in European

Lol. No, they can't. They can request that their data be deleted in one request. They can't actually go delete the data from all the servers and backups from all those websites and companies. They can't verify that anyone else has done that. They can't verify that even if they theoretically have it doesn't work like the systems where things are just flagged as redacted or edited out.

For the statement they make to be true this would a thing with an overseeing body with enough power to ensure that all companies and websites store their data in the same way or with perfect knowledge and access to that data and all backups and the ability to fully wipe any data or backup data tied to a given name, email address, social security number, and whatever selection of browser and device fingerprints the user could supply and ensure that data was unrecoverable.

I can make something way better than this. Since any folk requesting that are concerned with places keeping their data, they wouldn't even have to give their name let alone any other personal information. It would just be a very pleasing and official looking button, and when they click it there would be a reassuring popup informing them that:

"Success! Your request for every other person, company, website, UFO, talking animal, or fantasy creature who may be spying on you in this entire universe and any potential alternate universe to immediately stop doing that and delete any information they may have collected has been sent!"

It would be pretty much just as effective and universally (multiversally?) legally relevant as this is.

tl;dr: Lol

How about shipping them from gathering the data to begin with?

Because I guarafuckingtee you that those deletion promises are exactly that: promises. They'll tag your data as "deleted" and simply continue using it anyway

I don't think this is quite as easy as everyone thinks. They do this in Tennessee but it only works for situations that almost never apply.

watchout for actually enforcing this

I'm looking for a job. I'm pretty sure it won't make a difference if I just post my CV publicly on Facebook or CraigsList at this point. Seeing how many AI rejections I have gotten, I'm sure every major tech company knows all my details by now.

Link to said website, anyone?

Now do the other 50 States!

And they absolutely won't just collect it again...

Werent they few months before going for age verification on OS?