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> I was a bit surprised that I didn't see something like "we're working with Facebook to delete any copies of the data Facebook may be storing". The email they

> I was a bit surprised that I didn't see something like "we're working with Facebook to delete any copies of the data Facebook may be storing". The email they sent to affected users says this: > Facebook is obligated to only process information based on our instructions and we have instructed them to not further process this data and to delete it. I still think it's sketchy that they used the Google code at all, and I think they should have immediately deleted that from all their pages.

eli 5y ago
It’s sketchy that they used google tag manager? It’s a useful and extremely common tool on marketing sites. Putting it on user pages was a mistake.
- protomyth 5y ago
  It's sketchy they do not have separate repositories for user pages vs marketing pages. With the obvious sensitivity of user data, mixing very different applications seems unwise.
  - lamontcg 5y ago
    "Additionally, we’re continuing to evaluate steps to help ensure that such an issue does not occur again" most likely covers stuff like that.
busymom0 5y ago
The googletagmanager or similar equivalent is pretty much required if you want to run advertisements for your service anywhere. Without that, you won't be able to figure out how many ad conversions you got - and thus the cost per install for your ad campaign. Main thing to remember is to only have it on the landing page for the ad campaign clicks and definitely not on the signed in pages.
- blacksmith_tb 5y ago
  Well, not exactly, GTM makes it easy to slather your site (as much or little of it as you want) with 3rd party js / 1px image tracking pixels. Mostly I see it as a low-code tool to allow the dev team to wash their hands of having to add those manually, but it is certainly possible to hardcode the tags into your templates instead (but then it's a much bigger headache to add and remove them willy-nilly). For tracking your conversions etc. you will often see Google Analytics on a site (and it, in turn, may be installed on the site via GTM... turtles all the way).
  - busymom0 5y ago
    GTM makes it easier if you are using multiple advertisement platforms. If you are using twitter, fb and google ads, then GTM makes it easier. Google Analytics is different from GTM. And as far as I know, Google Analytics only works with Google, not FB, Twitter etc (which GTM does).
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technion 5y ago
I agree with you as a tech, but pushing back on Google Tag Manager outside of the tech team can be a painful exercise. Everyone in sales and marketing wants it, everyone in management wants it, heck I've seen a company where the legal team argued GTM was legally required on every page (so they could use it to manage a popup).

eli 5y ago

It’s sketchy that they used google tag manager? It’s a useful and extremely common tool on marketing sites. Putting it on user pages was a mistake.

protomyth 5y ago
It's sketchy they do not have separate repositories for user pages vs marketing pages. With the obvious sensitivity of user data, mixing very different applications seems unwise.
- lamontcg 5y ago
  "Additionally, we’re continuing to evaluate steps to help ensure that such an issue does not occur again" most likely covers stuff like that.

busymom0 5y ago

The googletagmanager or similar equivalent is pretty much required if you want to run advertisements for your service anywhere. Without that, you won't be able to figure out how many ad conversions you got - and thus the cost per install for your ad campaign. Main thing to remember is to only have it on the landing page for the ad campaign clicks and definitely not on the signed in pages.

blacksmith_tb 5y ago
Well, not exactly, GTM makes it easy to slather your site (as much or little of it as you want) with 3rd party js / 1px image tracking pixels. Mostly I see it as a low-code tool to allow the dev team to wash their hands of having to add those manually, but it is certainly possible to hardcode the tags into your templates instead (but then it's a much bigger headache to add and remove them willy-nilly). For tracking your conversions etc. you will often see Google Analytics on a site (and it, in turn, may be installed on the site via GTM... turtles all the way).
- busymom0 5y ago
  GTM makes it easier if you are using multiple advertisement platforms. If you are using twitter, fb and google ads, then GTM makes it easier. Google Analytics is different from GTM. And as far as I know, Google Analytics only works with Google, not FB, Twitter etc (which GTM does).
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technion 5y ago

I agree with you as a tech, but pushing back on Google Tag Manager outside of the tech team can be a painful exercise. Everyone in sales and marketing wants it, everyone in management wants it, heck I've seen a company where the legal team argued GTM was legally required on every page (so they could use it to manage a popup).