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I'd be shocked if my cell phone contract said they couldn't sell my data. Why would they do that? I have plenty of options besides cell phones. I could have
by yata69420 4y ago
I'd be shocked if my cell phone contract said they couldn't sell my data. Why would they do that?
I have plenty of options besides cell phones. I could have a landline, or get my ham license, or pen a letter!
I'm just a subscriber to a private service, after all.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoYeah I think this is the difference in view between EU and US in general :)
- feet 4y agoAs an american, I personally find it disgusting
- froh 4y agoThe potential for abuse of personal private data like location, movement profile, corelation with other movement profiles, etc, is so ginormous it blows my mind it's legal to keep the data for years, let alone to sell it to private companies. If that is true then that means there is no data privacy protection in the US?
- yata69420 4y ago> If that is true then that means there is no data privacy protection in the US? There may be some very specific data privacy laws (like two-party consent states), but yeah, you should assume no data privacy protection in the US.