The Stack Overflow Podcast The app that fights for your data privacy rights
Nov 22, 2024
Sukhi Gulati Gilbert, a Senior Product Manager for Permission Slip at Consumer Reports, discusses the crucial importance of digital privacy. She highlights her work advocating for consumer rights and the challenges of implementing privacy laws. The app, Permission Slip, empowers users to understand and manage their data rights easily. Sukhi also delves into the issues surrounding data breaches and the role of nonprofits in enhancing consumer protection. The conversation emphasizes the need for collective action and accessible tools to improve individual privacy management.
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Journey to Privacy Advocacy
- Sukhi Gulati Gilbert's journey started in HCI, focusing on how systems could aid activism.
- Her time at a large social network led her to question centralized data control.
Retrofitting Privacy is Hard
- Retrofitting privacy into existing systems is difficult, especially regarding data provenance and deletion.
- Consumers exercising data rights pressures companies to address these technical challenges.
Protecting Your Data
- Use private browsing and interact with trusted sites to enhance online privacy.
- Exercise data rights like deletion and opting out of data sharing/selling with tools like Permission Slip.