R.J.
Cross

Director, Don't Sell My Data Campaign, U.S. PIRG Education Fund

Started on staff: 2016
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of Kansas
R.J. focuses on data privacy issues and the commercialization of personal data in the digital age. Her work ranges from consumer harms like scams and data breaches, to manipulative targeted advertising, to keeping kids safe online. In her work at Frontier Group, she has authored research reports on government transparency, predatory auto lending and consumer debt. Her work has appeared in WIRED magazine, CBS Mornings and USA Today, among other outlets. When she’s not protecting the public interest, she is an avid reader, fiction writer and birder.

Posts by R.J. Cross
Don’t Sell My Data
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Corporate responsibility

Don’t Sell My Data

Companies collect huge amounts of data about us, often without us knowing. These practices put us in harm's way for no good reason. Companies shouldn't collect more data about us than they need to deliver the services we're expecting to get.

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