Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by ben_w on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:33PM (#32016907)

They did. I suspect that if they still do, there's going too be a really painful GDPR penalty heading their way.

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by namlem on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:51PM (#32017130)

They can still do it to non-Europeans

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by marginalia_nu on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:59PM (#32017239)

How can they tell how an email address is European?

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by mortenjorck on Thursday July 07, 2022 @02:18PM (#32017459)

Because you told them while you were creating your Meta account, and because the credit card you entered matched what you told them.

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by marginalia_nu on Thursday July 07, 2022 @02:34PM (#32017660)

Sure, but we are talking about shadow accounts, not Meta accounts.

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by wyre on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:39PM (#32016984)

Cost of doing business? Is GDPR protecting me as an American from Facebook shadow profiling me? How significant are GDPR fines?

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by notimetorelax on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:57PM (#32017218)

In theory 4% from yearly revenue (not earnings, revenue), in practice I haven’t seen it being applied.

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Re:Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR by digitalengineer on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:04PM (#32017928)

Here you go. Click your country's flag to see your results https://www.enforcementtracker.com (if you're European, that is).

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