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How does knowing they have shadow profiles (if they do) help you? What damage is that knowledge protecting you from?
by fogzen 8y ago
How does knowing they have shadow profiles (if they do) help you? What damage is that knowledge protecting you from?
- scottie_m 8y agoTo be clear before I answer, you’re acknowledging that this isn’t actually just about data willingly given, right? What does it change? Not much just by knowing, but it can allow for change, including exercising a right to delete that data under GDPR. That is a positive change in my opinion.
- fogzen 8y agoHaving data on someone doesn’t constitute any kind of damage. So I don’t understand how I benefit from this at all. If my data is hacked, I’m not compensated. If my data is misused, I’m not compensated. Nothing has really changed to protect me from actual damages resulting from personal data collection. But apparently lots of small businesses and startups are now hurt, and Facebook is in a stronger position to collect PII.
- scottie_m 8y agoHaving data on someone doesn’t constitute any kind of damage. So I don’t understand how I benefit from this at all. You understand, you just disagree and you seem intent on moving the goalposts as needed to make your “GDPR = bad” point.
- acct1771 8y agoEquifax is why them having my data is "bad". Regulation allowing me to delete that is good.
- jimktrains2 8y agoThe gdpr wouldn't have had any affect on the equifax breach. They could have been gdpr compliant and still lost all that data in the same way.
- matthewmacleod 8y agoFacebook now literally has to obliterate your PII when requested. That’s awesome.