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FB has said they'll be notifying the people whose contacts they "unintentionally" uploaded. How about notifying those contacts whose private details they illici
by mikro2nd 8y ago
FB has said they'll be notifying the people whose contacts they "unintentionally" uploaded. How about notifying those contacts whose private details they illicitly obtained that their privacy has been compromised by Facebook - the innocents who signed up for FB and had their contact-list stolen (let's call it what it is) may or may not feel any moral obligation (more likely, don't even see the issue) to notify their friends/family/plumber whose details they "lost" to a thief.
- hopler 8y agoThat's right. Whenever a computer system is breached, it is the breacher's responsibility to notification the affected people, not the entity entrusted with the information. That's why it's generally agreed that Equifax did nothing wrong when credit data was accessed.
- PedroBatista 8y agoIt’s amazing what these companies can get away with without paying a single dime to anyone.
- dmix 8y agoPeople can sue if they can find some claim to real-life damages... You'd only need a small percentage of the 1.5 million people and FB would probably settle out of court.
- PedroBatista 8y agoHow about consumer and privacy laws? I know it varies from country to country but the government can sue and fine companies and people in order to protect it's citizens. I know I know.. I'm old fashioned like that.
- fencepost 8y agoHow about notifying those contacts whose private details they illicitly obtained that their privacy has been compromised Because there's a difference between "we screwed up and obtained this" and "we screwed up, obtained this, then used it. Hope our use didn't result in any problems for you."