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How can this be legal? I'm pretty sure that in order to legally process health data, an entity must have a plausible reason for doing so, at least in some juris
by p-e-w 3y ago
How can this be legal? I'm pretty sure that in order to legally process health data, an entity must have a plausible reason for doing so, at least in some jurisdictions. What could that reason possibly be for a social media app?
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoHence why they're not launching it in the EU https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/
- rchaud 3y agoIn 2012, FB ran psychological experiments on its users to evaluate how they felt after seeing a series of posts with either happy or sad information [0] Just think about the rich data they could collect in 2023! Tracking changes in your heart rate and sleep quality on the basis of your app use! [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/06/30/326929138/facebook-manipulates-our-moods-for-science-and-commerce-a-roundup https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/06/30/32...
- WhyNotHugo 3y agoIt’s apparently not legal in the EU, which is why Threads is no available here. It’s probably only legal in jurisdictions with none (or almost none) privacy laws.