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In May the GDPR comes into force in the EU.

• sigzero 9y ago
  I'm confused. Facebook is a service. As a service it's terms are "your data is ours, if you use our service". If you agree to that and you then use their service that should be the end of it. You are the product for Facebook.
  • jonathanyc 9y ago
    It so happens that we live in a world where terms of service can be restricted by law through established processes. If a country passed a law most of its citizens didn’t like, would you tell them to grin and bear it because “if you don’t like it you can just move?”
  • rjtavares 9y ago
    And GDPR puts limits on those terms. Just like labour laws put limits on contracts between a company and its workers. You can agree to an illegal contract, but that contract is still void... That's how society is supposed to work.
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  • rmc 9y ago
    That is not the position of EU law. In EU law, the person owns the data. There are limitations to what you can sign away.