But (a) we're talking about a private contract, (b) we're talking about the U.S., and (c) consent to what, explicitly? In your other message you were referring to ?the right to request that data *about* one be removed - e.g., requesting that google remove some kind of info that someone else posted about me. I am firmly for that, an aware that other countries have this protection, and I, like you, wish the U.S. had something like it. But your comparison seems not to match on several counts....