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by daenney 3235 days ago
I would be interested to hear from people with knowledge of EU and US law how shady this is in their respective jurisdictions.

I'm having a hard time imagining what they did is OK, but I'm probably wrong.
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WhiteSource1 3235 days ago
If you can identify personal data (which if they can tie it to the user's Facebook account, that's pretty easy to do) it's likely (note: not a lawyer) a violation of the EU GDPR regulations (http://www.eugdpr.org/)
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daenney 3235 days ago
Unfortunately GDPR enforcement is about 9 months away. I don't think it applies retroactively.
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