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She should next demand a copy of all information Amazon has on her under the Data Protection Act (1998), since that's what the Act is for.
by sunir 14y ago
She should next demand a copy of all information Amazon has on her under the Data Protection Act (1998), since that's what the Act is for.
- anonymouz 14y agoExcellent idea. Though I fear that this will be essentially ignored too (as the recent precedent with Facebook shows). It is very unfortunate that apparently the only way to resolve such cases is to bring them to enough media spotlight, that the corporation involved has to do something to avoid damages to its image.
- wmf 14y agoSince media shaming only solves the problem for one person, I think it makes things worse in the long term. For every customer who gets un-screwed by Amazon, how many screwed customers do we not know about?
- anonymouz 14y agoI wouldn't say it makes things worse in the long term, but it certainly helps. I do not think that it is good that it has to be done this way, but it seems that at the moment this is often the only way to make something happen at all.
- aw3c2 14y agoWhat Facebook precedent? I only know of the Facebook vs Ireland stuff and that works well.
- anonymouz 14y agoDoes it? They still haven't answered my request from at least a year ago (they do offer some partial data download that includes a bit more stuff than previously, but it's essentially just the stuff on your profile -- none of the interesting stuff they collect on you).