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Shouldn't this involve lots of penalties? This has the potential to change/ruin lives drastically. A prudent consumer never trusts what the companies say nowada
by hcnews 8y ago
Shouldn't this involve lots of penalties? This has the potential to change/ruin lives drastically. A prudent consumer never trusts what the companies say nowadays. However, that shouldn't absolve the company of falsely claiming private product when it isn't so.
- the_duke 8y agoA prudent consumer also doesn't send 'live-destroying' messages on a public, hosted messaging platform, regardless of a private setting... Note that this isn't even about DMs.
- thrillgore 8y agoI know this is a common disclaimer but this sounds like victim blaming. It says "private" it should mean private and not quote unquote private.
- kemitche 8y agoIt's absolutely victim blaming. It's true that it's a reasonably good practice to assume that databases will be leaked. That doesn't mean that when a company loses control of private data that the company holds no blame.
- ben_w 8y agoI know someone with a common name who was first on gmail with that name. He gets a lot of emails that are meant for different people of the same name. One of those others was accused in the Lloyds bank libor scandal, and the email came from the law firm they had hired. Non-software people don’t have the faintest idea how computers work, and more than non-lawyers the law or non-economists money.
- drngdds 8y agoIf companies can't be trusted to act carefully and responsibly with users' data, then I think that's a problem with the companies.
- ProAm 8y agoIt's not 'users' data anymore once its on their servers.
- dogecoinbase 8y agoOf course it is. This is the essence of the GDPR.
- ProAm 8y agoGDPR is nice on paper, I'd like to see it actually enforced as its been written. Seems like strong words and weak teeth so far. However, most companies are more concerned with hockey stick charts and are willing to ask for forgiveness later in terms of all things privacy related. I wish it weren't that way, but Ive yet to see that happen successfully.
- WilliamEdward 8y agoDid you not see millions of emails sent out by companies about their new data policy? How then is GDPR not being enforced?
- denzil_correa 8y agoIt is about false advertisement and breach of contract, though.
- gjs278 8y agook, you can have all the money you paid twitter back, enjoy your refund
- nkkollaw 8y agoMost consumers aren't prudent. Source: see warnings on any American packaging.
- clarkmoody 8y agoAmerican package warnings just show you how litigious the society is. Road signs. Government agency seals in front of home movies. Cookie popups on websites. All of it gets filtered out by your brain and loses effectiveness immediately.
- whttheuuu 8y agoA prudent consumer would read the terms of service.
- rectang 8y agoWhen the Terms of Service cannot be understood, that burden is too high.
- WilliamEdward 8y agoThe GDPR is proof that terms of service isn't exactly a flawless legal barrier. You can't state in a contract that "If you use our service we get to sell your personal life away" because illegalities and rights infringements cannot be inside a contract to begin with.
- mrlala 8y agoPenalties for... what? Did you pay for the product? You are using a free service. You get what you pay for...
- deelowe 8y agoDamages. Just because I didn't pay for a product doesn't mean that disqualifies me from restitution when they mishandle my data.
- EpicEng 8y agoOne has nothing to do with the other. If I run a roof repair service and give you a free job that doesn't mean you cannot sue me for damages when rain starts pouring into your living room.