I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me

Re:I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me by abalone on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:29PM (#16824137)

I mentioned search history because it's one example where we can prove the archive doesn't export all your information. Because it's visible in the UI if you know where to look.

Presumably the same is true for likes on posts/shares, a major feed training signal. (Find the old post, it will still show that you liked it, but post likes are not in your archive.)

But yeah, then there's the darknet of data they've gathered on you that isn't visible in any UI.

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Re:I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me by WA on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:54PM (#16824353)

I have to say: I feel pretty helpless that I can’t force them to give me that data although the EU-laws require them to give it to me (as a German).

My search history and Likes are clearly data that can be associated with me as a person and thus, fall under former EU data protection laws and for sure under the GDPR.

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Re:I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me by sschueller on Thursday April 12, 2018 @04:07PM (#16824475)

Couldn't you take this evidence to the bfdi[1]?

[1] https://www.bfdi.bund.de/

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