German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal

Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:16PM (#16362256)

And why is that a good or acceptable thing? Why should one's personal data, and how that's used, be paramount?

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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:25PM (#16362359)

Because nobody forces you to use websites that track you or Facebook itself. It's your voluntary choice and in many cases also your payment for the seemingly free service.

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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:27PM (#16362375)

This is a very poor argument, as basically it's saying that people should go back to living in caves.

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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:10AM (#16368187)

Not at all. People either don't care about this enough or they will create an alternative - them caring means a new business opportunity has been created.

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