VER-XIII-0011
“I found out a company was selling my personal data without my consent.”
They buried consent in a 47-page terms of service they knew you wouldn't read. That's not consent — that's a legal fiction designed to protect them, not you. Your data is being extracted, packaged, and sold to build profiles you'll never see, for purposes you'd never agree to. This is the economy of the attention age. You're not the customer. You're the raw material.
Your Practice
Submit a data deletion request to the company — most are legally required to comply. Then audit every app and service that has your data. Delete accounts you don't use. For the ones you keep, lock down privacy settings to the maximum. Your data is yours. Start treating it that way.
The Architects
“Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.”
— Marlon Brando