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Let's say someone really hates Facebook. What exactly is their recourse for them to say 'I don't want you to keep a shadow profile and I don't want you to sell

Let's say someone really hates Facebook. What exactly is their recourse for them to say 'I don't want you to keep a shadow profile and I don't want you to sell or use that in any way shape for form'. In that case, they're directly monetizing data about me as a person.

throw23421 8y ago
That person can simply choose not to use Facebook.
- betterunix2 8y ago
  "Shadow Profile" https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-profiles-zuckerberg-congress-data-privacy https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-...
- uberman 8y ago
  Really? What about non-users shadow profiles? "In a line of questioning from Rep. Ben Lujan, a Democrat from New Mexico, Zuckerberg allowed that his company creates profiles on people who don’t actually use Facebook — what are sometimes referred to as “shadow profiles.”" https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-collects-data-on-non-facebook-users-if-they-want-to-delete-it-they-have-to-sign-up.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-collects-data-...
smsm42 8y ago
Let's say person A really hates person B. Does A have a legal right to ban B from recognizing A on the street? There are laws against stalking in the US, which define stalking as: engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to: (A) fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; (B) suffer substantial emotional distress. If you succeed in proving that Facebook tracking causes you substantial emotional distress, and that would be the case for a reasonable person too, you might have a case here.
boudin 8y ago
I wonder if it is possible to licence myself, the same way a software, for example, is licenced. Meaning that any company like facebook monetizing data whithout any agreement between me and them would fall under my licence. I have absolutly no legal knowledge and i have no idea what could be enforced this way. I'm also sure that nothing could be done by one person because of the need to lawyer up to enforce anything... But if it could be possible and would gain enough momentum, I'm thinking it could be quite an interesting thing to do.

throw23421 8y ago

That person can simply choose not to use Facebook.

betterunix2 8y ago
"Shadow Profile" https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-profiles-zuckerberg-congress-data-privacy https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-...
uberman 8y ago
Really? What about non-users shadow profiles? "In a line of questioning from Rep. Ben Lujan, a Democrat from New Mexico, Zuckerberg allowed that his company creates profiles on people who don’t actually use Facebook — what are sometimes referred to as “shadow profiles.”" https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-collects-data-on-non-facebook-users-if-they-want-to-delete-it-they-have-to-sign-up.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-collects-data-...

smsm42 8y ago

Let's say person A really hates person B. Does A have a legal right to ban B from recognizing A on the street? There are laws against stalking in the US, which define stalking as: engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to: (A) fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; (B) suffer substantial emotional distress. If you succeed in proving that Facebook tracking causes you substantial emotional distress, and that would be the case for a reasonable person too, you might have a case here.

boudin 8y ago

I wonder if it is possible to licence myself, the same way a software, for example, is licenced. Meaning that any company like facebook monetizing data whithout any agreement between me and them would fall under my licence. I have absolutly no legal knowledge and i have no idea what could be enforced this way. I'm also sure that nothing could be done by one person because of the need to lawyer up to enforce anything... But if it could be possible and would gain enough momentum, I'm thinking it could be quite an interesting thing to do.