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If you’re a EU citizen contact your local data protection authority and file a complaint. It literally takes 5 minutes.

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dgellow 6y ago
Relevant links. "What should I do if I think that my personal data protection rights haven’t been respected? " https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rights-citizens/redress/what-should-i-do-if-i-think-my-personal-data-protection-rights-havent-been-respected_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo... "European Data Protection Board Members" https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en
- divbzero 6y ago
  Yes, please do this if you are protected by European regulations. I also wish we could do more to put pressure on Facebook and other bad players. Can’t help thinking this is viewed internally as just more work for the legal department followed by an X billion euro “cost of doing business” fine after so many years.
Nextgrid 6y ago
And Facebook will promptly ignore that too: https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/ https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/
- lupire 6y ago
  1. That article is about downloading, not deleting. 2. You don't negotiate with Facebook, you norify the regulators so they can asses another billion-euro fine.
  - zoobab 6y ago
    How much money can you get as damages? Answer under the GDPR is probably: 0EUR.
    - kergonath 6y ago
      It’s not the point. You can sue for damage if you want, but that is something else. The point of the regulation is to punish bad actors, not give money to users.
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eru 6y ago
I'm not sure citizenship is required?
- kergonath 6y ago
  Indeed, citizenship is not required. You just need to be a resident. It would be hard to argue that privacy is a human right and then limit the protections to citizens.
  - eru 6y ago
    In German legal thought and practice, we have the distinction between Buergerrechte (civil rights, perhaps) and Menschenrechte (human rights). The former is for citizens, the latter for everyone. In the US, privacy falls in something like the former: there are supposed to be legal safeguards to keep US citizens from being spied on, but eg the NSA wiretapping foreigners is fine and even encouraged.
    - kergonath 5y ago
      > In German legal thought and practice, we have the distinction between Buergerrechte (civil rights, perhaps) and Menschenrechte (human rights). That is my experience in a couple of other European countries as well. Of course, some rights are reserved to citizens: vote (although that is changing for local elections), things like service at embassies and consulates abroad, and some aspects of immigration. But except for these narrow aspects, the law should be the same for everyone: we are not a caste system.
      - eru 5y ago
        Voting has already been open for people from other EU countries in local elections for quite a while. > But except for these narrow aspects, the law should be the same for everyone: we are not a caste system. I agree that it should, but the biggest factor in most people's life is not silly things like voting, but the right to work. Billions of people would like to live and work in the EU and the US, but are not allowed.
verytrivial 6y ago
(/verytrivial cries in Brexitish ...)
- jeroenhd 6y ago
  The UK hasn't abolished their implementation of the GDPR (yet?) so you should still be to file a complaint with the ICO (AFAIK; IANAL).

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Relevant links. "What should I do if I think that my personal data protection rights haven’t been respected? " https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rights-citizens/redress/what-should-i-do-if-i-think-my-personal-data-protection-rights-havent-been-respected_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo... "European Data Protection Board Members" https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en

divbzero 6y ago
Yes, please do this if you are protected by European regulations. I also wish we could do more to put pressure on Facebook and other bad players. Can’t help thinking this is viewed internally as just more work for the legal department followed by an X billion euro “cost of doing business” fine after so many years.

Nextgrid 6y ago

And Facebook will promptly ignore that too: https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/ https://ruben.verborgh.org/facebook/

lupire 6y ago
1. That article is about downloading, not deleting. 2. You don't negotiate with Facebook, you norify the regulators so they can asses another billion-euro fine.
- zoobab 6y ago
  How much money can you get as damages? Answer under the GDPR is probably: 0EUR.
  - kergonath 6y ago
    It’s not the point. You can sue for damage if you want, but that is something else. The point of the regulation is to punish bad actors, not give money to users.
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eru 6y ago

I'm not sure citizenship is required?

kergonath 6y ago
Indeed, citizenship is not required. You just need to be a resident. It would be hard to argue that privacy is a human right and then limit the protections to citizens.
- eru 6y ago
  In German legal thought and practice, we have the distinction between Buergerrechte (civil rights, perhaps) and Menschenrechte (human rights). The former is for citizens, the latter for everyone. In the US, privacy falls in something like the former: there are supposed to be legal safeguards to keep US citizens from being spied on, but eg the NSA wiretapping foreigners is fine and even encouraged.
  - kergonath 5y ago
    > In German legal thought and practice, we have the distinction between Buergerrechte (civil rights, perhaps) and Menschenrechte (human rights). That is my experience in a couple of other European countries as well. Of course, some rights are reserved to citizens: vote (although that is changing for local elections), things like service at embassies and consulates abroad, and some aspects of immigration. But except for these narrow aspects, the law should be the same for everyone: we are not a caste system.
    - eru 5y ago
      Voting has already been open for people from other EU countries in local elections for quite a while. > But except for these narrow aspects, the law should be the same for everyone: we are not a caste system. I agree that it should, but the biggest factor in most people's life is not silly things like voting, but the right to work. Billions of people would like to live and work in the EU and the US, but are not allowed.

verytrivial 6y ago

(/verytrivial cries in Brexitish ...)

jeroenhd 6y ago
The UK hasn't abolished their implementation of the GDPR (yet?) so you should still be to file a complaint with the ICO (AFAIK; IANAL).