Getting my personal data out of Facebook

Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by politelemon on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:45AM (#19959781)

What stood out to me is that the author does have an inflated sense of self importance

> And let’s not pretend that it’s a big cost to you: getting the listed data about a single person is about the simplest query you can write. (Did I mention I’m a data scientist?)

And that particular trait emerges quite a bit throughout the correspondence. Where the author labels things as reasonable, I open the link only to find anything but.

Since the author is happy to put words into Facebook's mouth, I may venture as well that the author was _looking_ to pick a fight.

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Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by rubenverborgh on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:54AM (#19960927)

Trust me, I don't take myself too seriously ;-)

Facebook responds with an overload of legal nonsense to discourage people from replying. I overload them with a lot of non-legal nonsense. In the end I just want my data—it's my legal right.

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Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by tobr on Monday May 20, 2019 @11:53AM (#19961684)

Thank you for taking the fight and making a scene! I tell myself that I will send Facebook my GDPR letter one day, but just thinking about the time and brainpower I’d have to spend to understand exactly what my rights are and how to exercise them, makes me dread it.

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Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by panglott on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:50AM (#19960293)

This is just ad hominem.

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Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by mugsie on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:51AM (#19960889)

That is fine though - I doubt they would have made any further headway if they were calm and polite.

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