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>If you want none of your personal info on the web, I have a suggestion: Don't participate in forums, social media, etc. Facebook and other data aggregators bu

>If you want none of your personal info on the web, I have a suggestion: Don't participate in forums, social media, etc. Facebook and other data aggregators build profiles of you even if you don't participate directly in those services. The web is different now than it was in 1996.

djrogers 8y ago
And GDPR doesnt help with that. I cannot send Facebook a request for my shadow profile, nor demand they delete all such data, as I have no way to ‘identify myself’ to them unless I have a Facebook account.
- FooBarWidget 8y ago
  Yeah I don’t think the data protection authority will agree with that. You should file a complaint at your data protection authority.
- blub 8y ago
  They seem to have no problem identifying you without an account and then linking your shadow profile to your real profile, should you create one. I suggest using the identifier you received at birth to make the request plus your e-mail.
- bigbugbag 8y ago
  Yes there is. If your email address is in the contact list harvested by facebook when people register on the website, it is linked to your shadow profile and can be used to show the lack of explicit consent and existence of your shadow profile. It's the path currently explored in a class action against facebook for forced consent and we'll see what happens.
  - etatoby 8y ago
    Does Facebook have EU offices? If they do, this law will simply make it close them. If they don't, what is the class action even being based on?
    - M2Ys4U 8y ago
      >Does Facebook have EU offices? Yes, they are based in Ireland.
    - ohtwenty 8y ago
      This isn't true, you don't need to have offices in Europe for the GDPR to apply to your company. It's just if you're serving/having European customers. Which, if you compare it to shipping things across borders, makes sense (you can't just say "but it's legal in the US, where I'm sending the package from"). So closing the offices wouldn't help.

djrogers 8y ago

And GDPR doesnt help with that. I cannot send Facebook a request for my shadow profile, nor demand they delete all such data, as I have no way to ‘identify myself’ to them unless I have a Facebook account.

FooBarWidget 8y ago
Yeah I don’t think the data protection authority will agree with that. You should file a complaint at your data protection authority.
blub 8y ago
They seem to have no problem identifying you without an account and then linking your shadow profile to your real profile, should you create one. I suggest using the identifier you received at birth to make the request plus your e-mail.
bigbugbag 8y ago
Yes there is. If your email address is in the contact list harvested by facebook when people register on the website, it is linked to your shadow profile and can be used to show the lack of explicit consent and existence of your shadow profile. It's the path currently explored in a class action against facebook for forced consent and we'll see what happens.
- etatoby 8y ago
  Does Facebook have EU offices? If they do, this law will simply make it close them. If they don't, what is the class action even being based on?
  - M2Ys4U 8y ago
    >Does Facebook have EU offices? Yes, they are based in Ireland.
  - ohtwenty 8y ago
    This isn't true, you don't need to have offices in Europe for the GDPR to apply to your company. It's just if you're serving/having European customers. Which, if you compare it to shipping things across borders, makes sense (you can't just say "but it's legal in the US, where I'm sending the package from"). So closing the offices wouldn't help.