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Re:I invented the web. Here are three things we need to chan... by icebraining on Sunday March 12, 2017 @12:56PM (#13851600)
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer, sued Facebook Ireland over this and got them to release all his data. He also keeps a website where he explains how to get yours: http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Get_your_Data_/get_your_data...
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Re:I invented the web. Here are three things we need to chan... by tombrossman on Sunday March 12, 2017 @03:48PM (#13852658)
I tried this back in 2012 after seeing Max profiled on Ars Technica. As someone who never had a FB account I was after my 'shadow profile' data.

Facebook emailed back stating:

"There isn't a Facebook account associated with the email address from which you are writing. This might be because you don't have a Facebook account or because you already deleted your account. In either of these cases, we do not hold any of your personal data."

I didn't ask for data attached to an email address, I asked for any personal data they had collected on _me_ and their answer was evasive and non-responsive. I didn't pursue it any further but I know they are bullshitting me, and I had to move on to other things.

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