[offbytwo]

If you care about your privacy you shouldn't be using facebook. Kind of insane that people need the government to make these decisions for them.

[hedora]

I don’t use Facebook, but I have enough of an account to see what they have on me, and occasionally login to lock it down / delete crap.

The last time I logged in, I found that the following have uploaded information about me to Facebook’s ad targeter:

* my car’s manufacturer

* charities I donated to

* political campaigns (red and blue)

* some of my banks

* random pop music groups I have never heard of (thanks, spotify(?))

* my preferred pizza delivery company

and at least three dozen others.

As far as I can tell, this behavior will soon be illegal in Europe.

[jarfil]

It's an enforcement of individual decision, not a decision replacing users' ones. If I want to use Facebook to some extent but stop them from selling all my data to everyone, I may need something more than just their word to make sure they respect my decision.

[offbytwo]

> If I want to use Facebook to some extent but stop them from selling all my data to everyone

This is an unrealistic expectation. You signed a legal contract when you signed up for an account stating that you're a-okay with them using your data.

[ibotty]

Point is, that within the EU some practices just are not allowed. If they happen to obey the law is something else of course.

[y_molodtsov]

I hope you understand that Facebook doesn’t sell your data to anyone. It sells targeting capabilities.