[bigiain]

He says: " … you'll be able to clear this information from your account. You'll even be able to turn off having this information stored with your account."

"your account".

What do you reckon is the chance of them removing this from their ad targeting data set "account"??? They're just going to give you a tool that shows some of it to you, then hides it from you when you click the [fuck me over more] button (and they'll record _that_ interaction too, and sell you to the "tinfoil" and "headwear" segments.

[mr_spothawk]

> What do you reckon is the chance of them removing this from their ad targeting data set "account"???

is there a chance smaller than zero?

[jmspring]

Sadly there is no way to issue an FOIA request to a private company. Possibly only route would be, clear data, notice contain tracking, due for disclosure. Probably the best route for moving forward.

[bigiain]

I wonder if the GDPR will have sharp enough teeth to force FB to disclose what it's doing with EU citizen's data here?

[zaarn]

Unless FB seizes to have offices in the EU and stops having an HQ in the EU and also stops doing monitoring of people in the EU and also stops any regular service for people in the EU, the GDPR has teeth and people in the EU can ask facebook to send them all data they have, then ask them to delete it and revoke any future permission to process their data.

Since the GDPR covers people in the EU that means if you're in the US you can take a vacation to Italy or France or Germany and then pull that stunt on Facebook. (technically)