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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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do not sell

/duː nɒt sɛl/ - phr.

1 [colloq.] A right whose definition of 'sell' the company has worked harder to interpret than to honor.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A consumer right to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal data, with a clear mechanism to exercise it.

Evidence
Seen in the wild · 1
See also
  • consentA freely given, specific, informed agreement obtained through a banner engineered so that 'Accept All' is the only restful option.
  • privacy noticeA document written to be technically complete and structurally unreadable, which is treated as the same achievement.
  • purpose limitationThe requirement that the stated purpose be broad enough to cover any future purpose nobody has thought of yet.
  • third-party data sharingA defined legal basis covering the vendor, the vendor's vendor, and the analytics tag nobody put in the contract.