Despite the headline, social media isn't the privacy issue or the main story. It's just that we have evidence that social media makes up one of the Bulk Persona

Despite the headline, social media isn't the privacy issue or the main story. It's just that we have evidence that social media makes up one of the Bulk Personal Datasets (BPDs) [1]. The actual story is that the oversight body wasn't informed that BPDs were being shared with foreign governments, law enforcement and industry partners. There is no oversight of the process. Partners don't have to meet any standards on use of the data. There are no penalties for misuse of the data. This makes it possible to circumvent UK regulations. These are the privacy issues. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/12/isc-report-privacy-and-security-report/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/12/isc-report-privacy-and-sec...