I believe this is the first real test as to how much teeth GDPR will actually have.
Facebook Locking Out GDPR Users Until They Consent
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Re: Facebook Locking Out GDPR Users Until They Consent
#12Since everything Facebook does requires consent under Article 6 (or, in some cases, Article 9) of the GDPR, what, exactly, should they do otherwise that would not violate clear proscriptions in the GDPR?
This isn't a case where there is non-GDPR functionality that can be severed and provided in the absence of GDPR consent.
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#13As much as I appreciate the sheer balls of this, it's clearly not in compliance with the law according to the recitals; consent gained in this fashion is not "freely given." Now personally, I think this approach should be acceptable -- if you don't like it, don't use it. But under the GDPR, that's not the deal. Be right back, making popcorn.
No balls involved here. They know the number of users that will blindly click accept to whatever policy change popup appears. So it's standard mo to show users shit, get the clicks, then use the numbers to justify how much people love the platform. The rest of the herd then stands back and says hmmm maybe this is what people "really" want.
Consent not freely given is not consent w.r.t. GDPR, so legally I'm not sure what the point is other than baiting the data protection agencies.
So just because you agree doesn't mean it's binding, especially if it's unlawful. E.g. in Germany, contracts presented after purchase are void (EULAs), and you can't sign away your "Urheberrecht", or author's rights - which has interesting implications for copyright licenses. However, the regulators will take a very dim view on such behaviour. I don't know what they're trying to accomplish.
Re: Facebook Locking Out GDPR Users Until They Consent
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
No balls involved here. They know the number of users that will blindly click accept to whatever policy change popup appears. So it's standard mo to show users shit, get the clicks, then use the numbers to justify how much people love the platform. The rest of the herd then stands back and says hmmm maybe this is what people "really" want.
Yeah... No. There may not be 'balls' here, but this is definitely the most hilariously bad way for Facebook to handle this. What this is REALLY saying is this: A) We here at Facebook aren't really about connecting people. We are about marketing, and ad delivery in order to generate revenue. B) The goal of keeping you connected and communicating with your social graph is so unimportant to us, that we are either techni…
Do you expect anything else from Facebook?
"People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me'. Dumb f__ks." -Mark Zuckerberg
Re: Facebook Locking Out GDPR Users Until They Consent
#15Since everything Facebook does requires consent under Article 6 (or, in some cases, Article 9) of the GDPR, what, exactly, should they do otherwise that would not violate clear proscriptions in the GDPR? This isn't a case where there is non-GDPR functionality that can be severed and provided in the absence of GDPR consent.
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#16Since everything Facebook does requires consent under Article 6 (or, in some cases, Article 9) of the GDPR, what, exactly, should they do otherwise that would not violate clear proscriptions in the GDPR? This isn't a case where there is non-GDPR functionality that can be severed and provided in the absence of GDPR consent.
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#17They're doing this with WhatsApp, too. WhatsApp is a dead-end at this point anyway, as they plan on removing end-to-end encryption. That's why both of WhatsApp's founders and many other employees have started leaving the company.
Any source on that “they plan on removing end-to-end encryption” other than uneducated speculation?
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#18It may be illegal. See this thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/johnnyryan/status/993827965594202...
I would argue the GDPR would make anything else Facebook could do illegal. It might also make this illegal, though.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
No balls involved here. They know the number of users that will blindly click accept to whatever policy change popup appears. So it's standard mo to show users shit, get the clicks, then use the numbers to justify how much people love the platform. The rest of the herd then stands back and says hmmm maybe this is what people "really" want.
Consent not freely given is not consent w.r.t. GDPR, so legally I'm not sure what the point is other than baiting the data protection agencies. So just because you agree doesn't mean it's binding, especially if it's unlawful. E.g. in Germany, contracts presented after purchase are void (EULAs), and you can't sign away your "Urheberrecht", or author's rights - which has interesting implications for copyright licenses.…
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Re: Facebook Locking Out GDPR Users Until They Consent
#20What Facebook did is quite a bit like police coercion to make you confess to perpetrating a crime.