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You beg the question by saying it's "their own data" in the first place. The idea that, because it's about you it's therefore yours, is wrong.
by diminoten 8y ago
You beg the question by saying it's "their own data" in the first place.
The idea that, because it's about you it's therefore yours, is wrong.
- scrollaway 8y agoThe famous difference between citizen-first EU and corporation-first US. Over here, we do believe that our data is ours. This is reflected in our legislation and regulation. You don't want these rights and protections in the US? Well good news, you don't have them. They still apply to us however.
- diminoten 8y agoWhat you believe "over there" is wrong; data about you isn't yours. You can pass all the laws you like, that doesn't change the moral fact of the matter.
- scrollaway 8y agoI hope one day you get to reflect on that sentence you just wrote.
- cycrutchfield 8y agoYou walk down the street and pass by me waiting for the bus. I write down in my diary "Today, scrollaway walked by me while I was waiting for the bus." Who owns what I wrote in my diary?