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Ask HN: Invited by Facebook for privacy roundtable. What questions should I ask?

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This Thursday I'm invited to a privacy roundtable with Facebook Legal and Privacy Policy teams in Amsterdam. The round table will be with other entrepreneurs and experts in the privacy field. I'm invited because I'm the founder of Simple Analytics - a privacy friendly analytics SaaS business [1] - and critical about Facebook on Twitter [2].

Some people advised me not to go there because it would only do harm to my name and brand, but I think I should. The Facebook teams are going to give a presentation with some new plans where they want feedback on. For internal push back they need critical people from outside Facebook, which I'm happy to contribute for.

To make it more interesting for the outside world I'm going to ask a few questions for Facebook in general (privacy wise). And that's where I need some help. What questions do you want answers for from Facebook?

Facebook agreed I could use the answers outside of the meeting (with the exception of sharing from non-Facebook attendances).

[1] https://simpleanalytics.com

[2] https://twitter.com/adriaanvrossum

Re: Ask HN: Invited by Facebook for privacy roundtable. What questions should I ask?

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Ask which one person at FB is held ultimately accountable for privacy, by whom, and how they measure it.

Thanks. That would be interesting to know. One thing; what do you mean with measure it?

If they’re holding someone accountable, how do they determine whether that person is being effective?

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Ask which one person at FB is held ultimately accountable for privacy, by whom, and how they measure it.

Thanks. That would be interesting to know. One thing; what do you mean with measure it?

> One thing; what do you mean with measure it?

Come PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) time, how do they justify a "Meets All" or "Exceeds" evaluation?

Re: Ask HN: Invited by Facebook for privacy roundtable. What questions should I ask?

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I'd assume the Legal and Privacy Policy teams can't give you answers about strategy from their C-level other than what they've already made public through vague statements. So I wouldn't get angry if I couldn't get anything useful from them.

You could ask if they plan to let users know exactly (and be able to opt out) where their data will end up (internal only, 3rd-parties, which ones? Could you select purpose?).

And of course, GDPR globally.

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The one privacy control that everybody is waiting for is: automatically delete all my activity data older than N days, where N can be specified by the user. Why isn't it implemented yet?

While allowing them to specify a minimum and/or incremental value for N. They're a business after all, and our data is their value. I'd be happy with that compromise.
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