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#7 Ars Technica Security general August 29, 2026 at 10:50 UTC

I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.

By Reece Rodgers, wired.com

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A privacy audit of 100 companies found that submitting data access or deletion requests — rights guaranteed under laws like GDPR and CCPA — frequently resulted in confusion, non-responses, or unintended deletion of accounts rather than data. The investigation exposes widespread non-compliance and operational failures in privacy request handling across industries. Security and compliance teams should treat data subject request workflows as a concrete audit target, not just a legal checkbox.

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