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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by hartator on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:00AM (#16875092)
> my personal data is an extension of me, and if you want to store or process it, you need a legal basis for doing so, and need to be able to demonstrate this legal basis to me.

In the U.S., freedom of speech usually trumps privacy rights. It will be very damageable if the supreme court ruled that any EU citizen can limit US speeches based on their laws.

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by rahkiin on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:16AM (#16875186)
I am not sure I follow you here:

When I store your personal data, I should be allowed to do so under the 1st amendment that is about speech?

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by hartator on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:25AM (#16875257)
Yes. Like I can’t retroactively ask you to remove what I said from your blog post.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:05AM (#16875543)
> Yes. Like I can’t retroactively ask you to remove what I said from your blog post.

No. But I can ask you to remove my name and personal information from it.

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by morgante on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:38AM (#16876243)
That's precisely the problem and is a clear example of how Europeans value privacy differently.

Personally, I think it is a fundamentally important right that I be able to post a blog about how "the_mitsuhiko wronged me" in some way and have that information publicly accessible. European courts think you should be able to suppress such information—even if it is true.

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by s73v3r_ on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:01PM (#16877607)
That's.. that's not at all true. If it's a news story, then the GDPR isn't applicable.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by Arwill on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:22AM (#16875668)
Isn't it like more that the state itself can't ask/force you to remove something, but i as a natural person can?
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