CCPA for nerds, part 2
20 July 2020
Here's a quick update on CCPA opt out, nerd edition, which describes how I can send so many CCPA opt-outs so quickly. As you may recall, I made a simple CCPA opt-out tool, using...
A /code/ccpa shell script
An opt-out letter. This is my opt-out that includes some language on Facebook data transfers.
The script generates signed CCPA opt-out requests, which do work.
But how do I get my PII into the outgoing mail, without putting it in the CCPA opt-out letters?
Use templates. Since I already know Mustache templates from web development, the final tool in the CCPA opt out stack is...
- mo
is a tool to replace simple
{{ STUFF }}template variables with values taken from environment variables.
So now I just set CCPA_ADDRESS and CCPA_PHONE in my .bashrc and they get substituted into the letter.
Bonus links
(enough of the surveillance marketing links for now, here are some off-topic good reads)
Kinky Labor Supply and the Attention Tax
We tagged Andean condors to find out how huge birds fly without flapping
How a Long-Lost Perfume Got a Second Life After 150 Years Underwater
Cory Doctorow: Full Employment
It’s Time to Abolish Single-Family Zoning
A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking
The Confederacy Was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State
Why a small town in Washington is printing its own currency during the pandemic
