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How can we get these rights (GDPR) in America and Canada (www.gov.uk)

submitted 4 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to find out what information the government and other organisations store about you. These include the right to:

be informed about how your data is being used
access personal data
have incorrect data updated
have data erased
stop or restrict the processing of your data
data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances

You also have rights when an organisation is using your personal data for:

automated decision-making processes (without human involvement)
profiling, for example to predict your behaviour or interests

Plus more at the link.

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[–] fixerdude2@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

My company is based is Quebec and has offices in UK. We adopt GDPR policies and apply them globally across the company.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Petition your local representative

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Serious question, would that be enough? It seems like it has to be a bigger group of people.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Every movement begins with one person.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see what you're saying, but one person to one person seems like it could fizzle pretty quickly. Are there any non-profits working on this?

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe the EFF? Because yeah, "petition your local representative" probably isn't going to cut it.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll watch their blog and see if they're starting something, they might be working on it behind the scenes too. https://www.eff.org/

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Could also contact them and ask about it? Pretty much the same logic as with contacting your local rep except that the EFF has way more clout

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Quebec has them.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's good to hear, did your politicians do it on their own or did you have someone fighting for them?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Quebec has a long history of consumer protections, advertising can’t target children and companies exclude Quebec in giveaways because of protections

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Search for "Quebec law 25" or "Quebec act 25".