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So, the concerning thing is, if Company A has been collecting data on users but not doing much with it, then gets absorbed by Company B who is notorious for inf
by Razengan 7y ago
So, the concerning thing is, if Company A has been collecting data on users but not doing much with it, then gets absorbed by Company B who is notorious for infringing on everyone's privacy, do users even get a choice to prevent their data (that was collected by Company A) from being seen/used by Company B?
- geerlingguy 7y agoRefer to what has happened (albeit slowly) with Nest... basically as an end user you get no say or choice in what happens to your data, and you can either give up on it or accept the new terms.
- Razengan 7y agoThis is why I prefer to stick with Apple; even if their commitment to privacy is just PR, at least their stuff won't get bought out by the likes of Google or Microsoft.
- judge2020 7y agoYes, assuming the customer is aware of the acquisition/aware of their data being under new ownership, and assuming the company isn't malicious about secretly storing this data after the fact, they can ask either fitbit or Google to delete the data. For both PR and Legal reasons they allow this.