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I feel that "just the way they like" is honestly a pretty low bar to clear and in general are common sense and respectful things that you should be doing with u

I feel that "just the way they like" is honestly a pretty low bar to clear and in general are common sense and respectful things that you should be doing with user data in the first place. - Tell people up front what you will do with their data - Let them opt out - Track what services your own service uses (Ex: your website -> google analytics) - If people want to know what data you have about them tell them - If people want you to delete their data (and there is no legal obligation to keep it) delete their data - Take reasonable steps to keep user data safe In this case Grindr was passing (per the article): advertising ID, IP address, GPS, location, gender, age, device information and app name to a bunch of Ad Services with "no control". So beyond just "handling data" Grindr was getting paid (ads) for sharing your data to companies that could then also turn around and do whatever they wanted with that data.

charcircuit 5y ago
>common sense and respectful things that you should be doing with user data in the first place It's disrespectful to be nosey into what people are doing or to give them orders on what they can or can't do. >So beyond just "handling data" Grindr was getting paid (ads) for sharing your data to companies that could then also turn around and do whatever they wanted with that data. Good on them. They figured out a way to make money using information that they collected.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  >It's disrespectful to be nosey into what people are doing >Good on them. They figured out a way to make money using information that they collected. These two statements don't jive. Its disrespectful to be nosey, but its fine if people buy data and be nosey into other peoples lives? That's quite absurd
  - charcircuit 5y ago
    >These two statements don't jive. The first statement is about a user being nosey into what a company does with the data. There is an expectation for dating services to collect data like age, gender, etc about a user. I wouldn't really call them nosey. Since it's kind of expected for them to get that information from you. Is a dentist being nosey if they ask for your dental history?
- Mordisquitos 5y ago
  > It's disrespectful to be nosey into what people are doing or to give them orders on what they can or can't do. Not just disrespectful, I would even say it's immoral given the unbalance of power involved. That's why we need GDPR: to protect people from businesses being nosey into what they are doing against their consent, and also to protect people from businesses telling them what they can and cannot decide about their own data.

charcircuit 5y ago

>common sense and respectful things that you should be doing with user data in the first place It's disrespectful to be nosey into what people are doing or to give them orders on what they can or can't do. >So beyond just "handling data" Grindr was getting paid (ads) for sharing your data to companies that could then also turn around and do whatever they wanted with that data. Good on them. They figured out a way to make money using information that they collected.

netizen-936824 5y ago
>It's disrespectful to be nosey into what people are doing >Good on them. They figured out a way to make money using information that they collected. These two statements don't jive. Its disrespectful to be nosey, but its fine if people buy data and be nosey into other peoples lives? That's quite absurd
- charcircuit 5y ago
  >These two statements don't jive. The first statement is about a user being nosey into what a company does with the data. There is an expectation for dating services to collect data like age, gender, etc about a user. I wouldn't really call them nosey. Since it's kind of expected for them to get that information from you. Is a dentist being nosey if they ask for your dental history?
Mordisquitos 5y ago
> It's disrespectful to be nosey into what people are doing or to give them orders on what they can or can't do. Not just disrespectful, I would even say it's immoral given the unbalance of power involved. That's why we need GDPR: to protect people from businesses being nosey into what they are doing against their consent, and also to protect people from businesses telling them what they can and cannot decide about their own data.