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Re:Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit (2020) by devenblake on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:19PM (#26782181)
What law specifically?
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Re:Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit (2020) by tyingq on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:11PM (#26782929)
I would guess the "Telecommunications Act of 1996".

https://transition.fcc.gov/Reports/tcom1996.txt

Probably the text starting here:

  SEC. 702. PRIVACY OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION.
  Title II is amended by inserting after section 221 (47 U.S.C. 
  221) the following new section:
  SEC. 222. PRIVACY OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION
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Re:Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit (2020) by zelphirkalt on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:15PM (#26783789)
If it is about customer (!) information, does it still apply to people simply visiting websites, and due to not knowing better, not blocking Google and FB trackers? It would not seem like they are automatically Google's or FB's customers.
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Re:Facebook's 'Clear History' Tool Doesn't Clear Shit (2020) by ssalka on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:00PM (#26782763)
On the off-chance that the parent's description has a typo, it may be this 1976 court ruling:

United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435

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