World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs

This is too helpful not to post (plus it's been awhile).  This is my contribution to the cause. Note that where there are multiple links for an opt out, you will be directed to the World Privacy Forum page.

 

Top Ten Opt Outs:

1. National Do Not Call Registry

2. Prescreened offers of credit and insurance

3. DMA opt outs (The DMA is the largest U.S. association of marketers)

4. Financial institution opt outs (If you opt out, you limit the extent to which a financial institution can provide your personal financial information to non-affiliates.)

5. CAN SPAM (The federal CAN-SPAM Act requires that a commercial emailer give each email recipient an opt out method.)

6. Credit freeze

7. FERPA (The FERPA opt out stops schools from releasing student directory information (Name, home address, date of birth, and other information) without consent, with some limitations.)

8. Data broker opt outs (Some commercial data brokers allow some categories of consumers         to opt out of some limited uses and disclosures of personal information.)

9. Internet portal opt outs

10. NAI opt out (The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) offers a centralized opt out system that allows Internet users to avoid some types of tracking of their web activities)