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Facebook’s ability to not allow you to opt out of personalised advertising is the white elephant in the room, and a clear sign that GDPR is not sufficient.
by dannyw 8y ago
Facebook’s ability to not allow you to opt out of personalised advertising is the white elephant in the room, and a clear sign that GDPR is not sufficient.
- cm2012 8y agoThey force all users to clearly consent to their terms, which is why they are GDPR clear.
- mpweiher 8y agoHuh? Forcing consent absolutely does not make it OK.
- cm2012 8y agoGDPR says explicit consent is enough for data tracking. FB gives a really clearly written prompt on, "By using FB I...". Pretty sure they are compliant, regardless of your moral judgments.
- icebraining 8y agoGDPR says consent must be freely given, that is, that you can't deny access to services or content based on it - see Recital 43. The philosophy behind the GDPR is that personal data shouldn't be used as payment.
- mpweiher 8y agoNothing to do with "moral" judgements, it's simply not in compliance with the law. Just like many US companies think they can enforce things by click-through license agreements. Those are simply not legal/enforceable in Germany.
- mpweiher 8y agoWho says that Facebook is compliant? Enforcement hasn't really started yet, but what I've read is that they are preparing some pretty big cases.
- icebraining 8y agoIn fact, Max Schrems (who previously got FB to start giving people access to their data) has filed a complaint hours after the GDPR went into full effect: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/max-schrems-files-first-cases-under-gdpr-against-facebook-and-google-1.3508177 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/max-schrems-f...