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They are already known to not be in compliance with many laws that already exist.
by pvarangot 5y ago
They are already known to not be in compliance with many laws that already exist.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoWe need enforcement, and we need fines high enough, to make this not worth it.
- bigjimmyjohnson 5y agoFines? How about prison time for stalking?
- sodality2 5y agoExactly. Always read "fines" as "business expenses" if it's in this context. Especially w.r.t FAANG, in which case it's laughably small business expenses. Occasionally they'll be serious but never enough..
- lmkg 5y agoWhatsapp (owned by Facebook) was fined 225 million Euros for GDPR violations, the largest GDPR fine to date. Of that, 75 million was specifically for harvesting info from contact lists.
- durnygbur 5y ago> harvesting info from contact lists I'm certain LinkedIn was doing it as well, ie. dark patterns to upload contact list then aggressively harvesting new users.
- Nextgrid 5y agoIt appears it's nowhere near enough though. Not to mention, Facebook (the main beneficiary of all the illicit data collection) gets away scot-free.
- cwkoss 5y agoWhich ones?