Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data

Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by dtech on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:35AM (#26079451)

> I don't need your consent for any of it, because even though the information may be about you, we understand that it's "my" data.

You do need content though, if I provide my email in a social setting I implicitly give consent to birthday parties etc. I didn't consent to you selling my email as part of a bundle. If people found out you were providing data to random people at least a stern talking to would happen.

Under GDPR it works this way for business too, just because I gave you data for a specific purpose doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with it. I'm not aware of other jurisdictions.

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Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:40PM (#26080353)

This is also my understanding of the law.

GDPR also prohibits me from making a list of my friends' addresses and then trading that list to the Girl Guides in exchange for biscuits.

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Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by Ajedi32 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:06PM (#26079884)

So if I give you my phone number and you store it in Google Contacts, and I later decide I don't want you to have my phone number anymore, under GDPR can I request that Google delete my number from your contacts? After all, I never consented to you sharing my phone number with Google.

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Re:Facebook sued for ‘losing control’ of users’ data by johnjj257 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:46AM (#26079589)

So... Gdpr doesn't apply to individuals or a person who happens to use a random social media app to find out such freely available info

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