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LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by elsjaako »

phasefactor wrote: post #4

Love it, the article referring to a statement by a LinkedIn spokesperson: "The first part of that statement is false, as you can see from the screenshot above. Given the obvious untrustworthiness of that half of the statement, we didn't bother wasting any time trying to evaluate the second part."

To be technically correct: if even a single non-premium member can, for some reason, see who viewed their profile, then the statement "only Premium members can see who has viewed their profile" is false.

So technically, you can't say that the first part of the statement is false from the screenshot.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by scronkfinkle »

krystalgamer wrote: post #27
throw_a_grenade wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, that's the point. If the data pertains to you, it's yours. No "iff I pay for it".

exactly, but it doesn’t pertain to you until you pay. if we assume there’s a directional graph with edges labeled as “visited”. what linkedin is offering is to traverse it backwards for a fee. what they’re demanding is ludicrous. pure entitlement that would have horrible ramifications for all social media platforms. should a gdpr export include who has unliked/unreposted your posts too? it definitely pertains to you.

"Pertains" is doing a lot of work in your argument, and you're using it wrong. The data about who viewed your profile pertains to you from the moment the visit happens. That's what that word means, so your first statement is false.

The other important detail is that LinkedIn already has processed this data that definitely pertains to you, whether you paid for it or not, and are trying to sell it to you. In fact, to quote the article, LinkedIn's argument for not giving it to the user is "on the grounds that protecting that data took precedence". LinkedIn isn't withholding viewer data to protect viewer privacy. We know this because they sell it. If the viewer's privacy interest were so compelling that it overrides your Article 15 right (which is what Noyb is referring to), it would also be compelling enough to prevent LinkedIn from selling that same data to Premium subscribers.

The argument being made for this specific feature (not the ones you added) is that you can't simultaneously claim the data is too privacy-sensitive to disclose under GDPR and then sell it as a product feature

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by fellowmartian »

atwrk wrote: post #28
k33n wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You think standing in for people's rights against the profit interests of transnational corporations means "making life difficult"? Whose life exactly? That of the CEO of Microsoft?

Hey, he MIGHT be that CEO one day. Currently he’s temporarily embarrassed billionaire.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by jbxntuehineoh »

k33n wrote: post #13
menno-sh wrote: post #9

Oh I LOVE this, we can't have enough of these privacy-focused non-profits making tech companies' lives difficult. They have such a strong argument here, too. I can imagine that whoever came up with this is very pleased with theirselves, and rightfully so.

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making life difficult for _people i don't like_ is a worthy pursuit

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by harrouet »

k33n wrote: post #13
menno-sh wrote: post #9

Oh I LOVE this, we can't have enough of these privacy-focused non-profits making tech companies' lives difficult. They have such a strong argument here, too. I can imagine that whoever came up with this is very pleased with theirselves, and rightfully so.

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You don't pay them anything but you are the product, genius !

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by skeeter2020 »

k33n wrote: post #33
greggoB wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It’s a very European concept, that making life difficult is a worthy pursuit This is an incredibly bold statement, and something I really cannot relate to having lived in Europe for over a decade. It comes across as more of a knee-jerk reaction from someone who believes oversight or accountability of any kind is by definition a needless burden.

I’m an incredibly bold guy. And I would personally just stop operating in the EU if it was between that and being accountable to their bureaucrats.

Might be tough for a Florida-man to understand but there's a difference between being bold and being an a-hole.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by SAI_Peregrinus »

noutella wrote: post #7
phasefactor wrote: post #4

Love it, the article referring to a statement by a LinkedIn spokesperson: "The first part of that statement is false, as you can see from the screenshot above. Given the obvious untrustworthiness of that half of the statement, we didn't bother wasting any time trying to evaluate the second part."

They do say they won’t bother, but the rest of the article is actually precisely covering this second point, aka Article 15 of LK Privacy Policy

It's covering article 15 of the GDPR, not of LinkedIn's Privacy Policy.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by SAI_Peregrinus »

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #58
noutella wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do say they won’t bother, but the rest of the article is actually precisely covering this second point, aka Article 15 of LK Privacy Policy

It's covering article 15 of the GDPR, not of LinkedIn's Privacy Policy.

Also, I just checked, and LinkedIn's privacy policy page doesn't contain any information about who viewed my profile in the last year. No usernames, no company names, it's just a generic privacy policy. So the data isn't there either.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Post by malfist »

john_strinlai wrote: post #47
k33n wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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it is a very American concept, that company interests should be placed above human interests and rights.

Well, not all Americans. Just ones of a specific political bent that is common on this site. And the wealthy ones, because they have the money hoarding disease
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