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Makes me think that data should be treated differently in the case of a potential new owner, allowing users to opt-out from their data from being transferred; you may trust the leadership and governance, and may not trust whomever takes over or who will newly has access to the data.
You can delete the data from your profile.
It's become clear over the last year there is a strong need for a data privacy regulatory agency in US government. I understand that regulation hampers growth, but the tech industry is mature and developed to the point that it's time to reel in "moving fast and breaking things" a bit.
> It's become clear over the last year there is a strong need for a data privacy regulatory agency in US government. I wouldn't trust a governmental regulatory agency to aggressively fulfill it's mission. My impression is that in general they're too much at the mercy of politicians. I suspect a more effective strategy is to enact legislation that makes companies liable under civil law, with private citizens empowered…
It's especially difficult with anything digital. Do you really want to rely just on whistleblowers?
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Makes me think that data should be treated differently in the case of a potential new owner, allowing users to opt-out from their data from being transferred; you may trust the leadership and governance, and may not trust whomever takes over or who will newly has access to the data.
You can delete the data from your profile.
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Makes me think that data should be treated differently in the case of a potential new owner, allowing users to opt-out from their data from being transferred; you may trust the leadership and governance, and may not trust whomever takes over or who will newly has access to the data.
You can delete the data from your profile.
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I really want to see diaspora* taking over and the beginning of the decentralization era.
I wouldn't hold my breath. The project has been out for ~8 years and has failed to gain any traction.
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Illegal how?
Presumably illegal in the sense of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_transmission_of_HIV (and note that in some jurisdictions "exposure", not just "transmission" is criminalized, per that wikipedia article).
Its not even clear if whats being sent to the analytical companies is whats displayed in the profile or all fields even if they are not displayed.
Why wouldn't HIV status be protected by HIPAA?
Why wouldn't HIV status be protected by HIPAA?
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Who's growing is the more important question. Regulation benefits the already big.
Some regulation is bad, but there are plenty of good examples. Regulation on the standards like GSM and use of SIM cards helped new entrants into the European markets. Net Neutrality, standardized electrical systems, etc have benefited everyone large and small. And of course, anti-trust regulations in the EU has not benefited Microsoft or Google.
Except for the damn plugs!
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What is the privacy distinction between a third party with a contractual agreement and an employee with a contractual agreement? Remember that Russian intelligence got a spy hired by Microsoft: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jul/14/russian-s... Will your interview questions find a foreign spy, or someone who isn't even a spy but is interested in looking at private data for personal amusement?
What? How about "lets just not spend medically sensitive information to third party services"