50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach

Re:50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica i... by Spooky23 on Saturday March 17, 2018 @02:36PM (#16608336)

Good law is hard. HIPPA prevents gossip. That’s about it.

The sales director for a drug manufacturer knows that you’ve filled a prescription before the claim is filed.

Enfamil and Gerber knew the estimated due date of our baby — although the only interaction we had with anyone was a miscarriage at 8 weeks and a near fatal complication.

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Re:50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica i... by heavenlyhash on Sunday March 18, 2018 @03:14AM (#16610805)

> HIPPA prevents gossip. That’s about it.

I agree that HIPPA is technically very weak.

But let's also agree that preventing gossip about private health info is a good thing -- a definite step in the right direction.

Laws are about building and reinforcing the culture we want to build. In that light, HIPPA is a long way from a failure: it sets the standard that "health care privacy is to be taken seriously, and as a society we believe it is important enough to legislate", if nothing else.

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Re:50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica i... by llukas on Saturday March 17, 2018 @11:20PM (#16610344)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...

Are you sure it wasnt something like this?

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Re:50M Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica i... by x0x0 on Saturday March 17, 2018 @05:37PM (#16609197)

That can be regulated. That the US chooses not to do so doesn't mean it cannot be done.

See, for example, GDPR.

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