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Curious, as a Google employee would you believe a Facebook employee, on HN making the same claim?
by josefresco 8y ago
Curious, as a Google employee would you believe a Facebook employee, on HN making the same claim?
- shereadsthenews 8y agoNo, because Facebook does not have a detailed written policy regarding user data deletion and retention, which Google does have.
- josefresco 8y ago> detailed written policy Oh we're all good then!
- lallysingh 8y agoI'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but breaking a written policy is (AFAIK) fraud and has some teeth to it.
- rchaud 8y agoAssuming that you, an individual, can prove not only that the policy was broken, but also broken at the time when the policy was in effect. T&Cs change often, and only major changes require notifying the user. The entire burden of proof would be on you, vs. a behemoth corp whose bottom line depends on maximizing data collection and retention. Go to court on your own dime, prove it, and yes, the penalty might have some teeth. Might.
- lallysingh 8y agoUsually AGs do that. They're slowly coming around to this being a major thing. https://www.law.com/therecorder/2018/12/19/facebook-is-being-sued-by-d-c-s-attorney-general-over-failure-to-protect-user-privacy/?slreturn=20190402155905 https://www.law.com/therecorder/2018/12/19/facebook-is-being...
- gaogao 8y agoThe policy is up to 90 days to fully delete all user data, stated here https://www.facebook.com/help/359046244166395/ https://www.facebook.com/help/359046244166395/