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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by simongray on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:22AM (#34247538)
If you work in a European company that has a web presence and/or collects data, you should be familiar with what is/isn't personal data by now.

I don't blame Americans or others for not knowing this, but the amount of bad takes about the GDPR by Silicon Valley people in particular is so ridiculous. Every single comment section about a GDPR topic on HN has a bunch of Americans talking about how Europe is some backwards, regulatory hellhole, always talking from a position of total ignorance.

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:25AM (#34247578)
> you should be familiar with what is/isn't personal data by now

Again, I hear this sort of thing all the time. Then you ask lawyers and lobbyists and get a host of opinions, many of which stick depending on which DPA one approaches or complains to. As a competitive stick, it’s dangerously dynamic.

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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by whimsicalism on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:27AM (#34247608)
+1 and what the GP is stating is not how any multinational I work with considers GDPR compliance. Properly managing "likes" and other member activity are absolutely key to compliance.
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @11:29AM (#34247646)
> managing "likes" and other member activity are absolutely key to compliance

As is keeping an eye on competitors, particularly lightly-capitalised ones, and noting when they stray into grey areas. Bonus points if you can get multiple DPAs to issue simultaneous requests in multiple languages.

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