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"Why people are so vehemently against leaving their door open for the amazon delivery guy to put the package they ordered indoor instead of outside in the rain, they pay for a safe delivery ?"
Because things that can be abused are abused
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Because the data used for behavioral advertising are sold widely and abused for purposes other than advertising, and because “advertising” also includes micro-targeted, personalized propaganda and misinformation that has, and will continue, to be used as a tool of authoritarian control and violence.
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Nobody is opposed to relevant ads on TV (I mean, not any more than they're opposed to ads in general). it's the means by which they make them relevant. No one would be cool if Facebook sent agents to your home each night to rifle through your drawers to learn about you and "tailor ads to you and make them more relevant". That's the problem, the data-collecting and spying.
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I am not a lawyer. "If i travel to the eu as an American does that mean it’s illegal to track me while present in their territory?" Yes. "Would I be able to sue them" You can sue any time but only makes sense if meta does something illegal. "and which country would be most favorable for the largest payout if so?" If Meta breaks the EU law you would likely have to sue in the country were you were present. Could also b…
That is disappointing. What is the motivation for them to actually obey the law?
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The problem is that Meta collect so many data about you for that purpose. Data which then can be used for purpose we didnt accept in the first place. If you remove this kind of advertising you remove a big reason to collect and keep these data. "Why people are so vehemently against leaving their door open for the amazon delivery guy to put the package they ordered indoor instead of outside in the rain, they pay for a…
The obvious counter-argument is that, somewhere in the 100(+?)-page ToS, User Agreement, EULA, Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy documentation, you did.
We really need to make new laws to force companies to explain, in plain (terse) English, what they're doing with our data -- everyone knows nobody reads those documents.
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I am not a lawyer. "If i travel to the eu as an American does that mean it’s illegal to track me while present in their territory?" Yes. "Would I be able to sue them" You can sue any time but only makes sense if meta does something illegal. "and which country would be most favorable for the largest payout if so?" If Meta breaks the EU law you would likely have to sue in the country were you were present. Could also b…
That is disappointing. What is the motivation for them to actually obey the law?
«The more serious infringements go against the very principles of the right to privacy and the right to be forgotten that are at the heart of the GDPR. These types of infringements could result in a fine of up to €20 million, or 4% of the firm’s worldwide annual revenue from the preceding financial year, whichever amount is higher.»
Source: https://gdpr.eu/fines/
Nitpick: the title if this article currently is “Norwegian ban on Meta behavioral advertising extended to entire EU” Either “Entire” shouldn’t be there, as Norway isn’t in the EU, or “EU” should be “European Economic Area” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area ). My Norwegian is almost nonexistent, but I think it’s the latter. It makes more sense to my understanding of law (why else would a Norwegian…
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Without targeted advertising this cottage industry and the associated data on people would not have as much of a reason (or any) to exist, improving privacy for the average person.
Nitpick: the title if this article currently is “Norwegian ban on Meta behavioral advertising extended to entire EU” Either “Entire” shouldn’t be there, as Norway isn’t in the EU, or “EU” should be “European Economic Area” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area ). My Norwegian is almost nonexistent, but I think it’s the latter. It makes more sense to my understanding of law (why else would a Norwegian…