Summary:
- EFF has long argued that companies should not be allowed to collect and process private behavioral data without opt-in consent from users.
- Meta, one of the largest collectors of behavioral data in the world, has announced that it will change the legal basis for its behavioral advertising in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland from “legitimate interests” to “consent.”
- Meta has a history of trying to circumvent privacy laws, and it is not clear how the company will implement this change.
- Meta’s announcement came after recent court interpretations of the GDPR, as well as the incoming Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- The GDPR requires companies to obtain opt-in consent to collect, retain, disclose, or use a person’s data.
Yeah they’ll definitely get informed consent at an appropriate time. They totally won’t wait till you’re getting an incoming call and then pop up a consent screen blocking you from getting the call until you say yes. They totally wouldn’t do something that prevents you from thinking about consent.
Mark Zuckerberg is the least likely human on earth to be able to obtain consent. To paraphrase Chris Rock he created Facebook just to get friends after someone smacked him with a book.
https://piped.video/watch?v=MlJrXq0BMJo
How do I summon that utube redirect bot?
Edit: The bot is automatic.
And as soon as he created Facebook, he used it to spy on his fellow students without their consent.
A direct quote, “They trust me — dumb fucks”
Edit: which I guess contradicts my original statement.
“Hey, user. So we are peeking on your browsing habits and give you suggestions related to it. Is that okay to you?”
“Yeah, su–”
“…and taking your credit card info, where you live, and even your medical condition. OHHH glad we’ve finally reached a consent from you!”
“what”
