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Why it's so hard to access your data from companies

Someone looks at their personal information online. (Business Wire/AP)
Business Wire/AP
Someone looks at their personal information online. (Business Wire/AP)

The California Consumer Privacy Act was supposed to make it easy for people to access their personal data collected by companies, but it turns out, that’s not the case.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Wired reporter Reece Rogers about his recent unsuccessful efforts to get access to his data from 100 companies.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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