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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by JohnFen on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:08PM (#21020183)
> Plenty of people think putting a clause in the EULA that says user data can be monetized is being respectful of user data

Do they really believe that, though? I always thought they were just thinking it was just legal cover to allow them to do whatever they want with the data. Respect doesn't enter into it.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by Steven_Vellon on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:56PM (#21021125)
What's wrong with it? The End user license agreement is the document explicitly dedicated to explaining how the interaction between the user and the software will work. If a company explains how the data will be used and the user consents to that agreement what is the issue? I don't doubt that there are people that don't bother to read the EULA but thats a leading-a-horse-to-water situation.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by JohnFen on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:30PM (#21021771)
I didn't say that there was something wrong with it, I said that it doesn't count as being respectful of user data.

That said, almost all EULAs and privacy statements I've ever read have not been forthcoming about the use of data. They usually state, in broad terms, that they'll share unspecified user data with mysterious "partners" for nonspecific reasons.

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