https://selbstauskunft.net/ exists to allow you to send a BDSG §34 request (like GDPR request, but under the older German law for it) to basically any company. You select the company, sign it, and they automate all other steps.
Yes, I read the responses and take action upon them. The last time I quit my bank account to move to a different bank.
Also, I'd recommend sending another request some time after quiting your contract with the company, just to make sure they give you a written guarantee that they deleted all data about you they don't _seriously have to_ maintain.
Keeping my data private has costs associated with it? What a shocker!
Do you also argument against mandatory seatbelts? All they do is drive the cost of cars up. The justice system that works to enforce the laws brings the taxes up should we get rid of it too?
I read them, and often I make decisions based on this — or can use it to convince e.g. my family to stop using payback (a discount scheme where a company logs all your purchases, even cash ones, and you get ~1% cashback).
https://selbstauskunft.net/ exists to allow you to send a BDSG §34 request (like GDPR request, but under the older German law for it) to basically any company. You select the company, sign it, and they automate all other steps.
I’ve sent dozens just this week.