- Stop using credit cards and taking loans, or go through every payment processor's arcane process to stop them from sharing my transaction data with advertisers
- Learn what a "tracking pixel" and "device fingerprinting" is and install browsers/extensions to block these technologies, breaking several websites in the process
- Stop receiving images in my emails
- Decompile and screen all my mobile apps to make sure they don't use something like Foursquare's Movement SDK, which allows app developers to create location-aware apps at the cost of sending their users' location data to Foursquare, who then sells it. Foursquare is just one of a half-dozen companies who do this and probably the most transparent, so I've got my work cut out for me.
- Gather a list of all major customer segment providers (companies like Neustar and Claritas) and figure out where and how they get their individual-level data (this is often a fiercely guarded trade secret) so that I can avoid making it into their data collection funnels.
- Find a mobile carrier who won't sell my cell phone data.
- Find a pharmacy who won't sell my aggregated prescription data to IQVia or one of its competitors
- Stop voting (voter rolls are often public or buyable and include your address)
- Never donate directly to a political campaign
- Only buy a house via an LLC with a registered agent
- Only deal with merchants who won't sell my transaction history
Yeah, this seems easier and more tenable than privacy legislation. Definitely.