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by pxeger1 1268 days ago
The title is a bit misleading.

> Meta is now prohibited to bypass the GDPR via a clause in the terms and conditions. Meta has to get "opt-in" consent for personalized advertisement and must provide users with a "yes/no" option
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dylan604 1268 days ago
It's one thing to provide on opt-in for new users, but will this mean retroactively resetting ALL users to no?
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M2Ys4U 1268 days ago
>will this mean retroactively resetting ALL users to no?

Yes, because Meta does not have explicit, informed consent from existing users.

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dylan604 1268 days ago
As if that has EVER stopped them before
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M2Ys4U 1268 days ago
The difference is that now they're getting fined and being given legally-binding orders to stop.
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dylan604 1268 days ago
It's not like they haven't been fined before, and continued doing shady shit. I'm sorry, but I have such a low opinion of Meta/Facebook/theZuck that none of this means anything positive to me. I am a much more pessimistic person regarding these kinds of things that I give no credence of benefit of doubt. I also don't trust these legally-binding orders as they are only legally binding until some sharp tongue lawyer figures a way to weasel out from under them.

I'm happy for you that you are much more optimistic about these things, and I hope for all our sake you are not disappointed. From point of view, I can only be pleasantly surprised. To disappoint me at this point would be an ultimate new low.

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LelouBil 1268 days ago
From https://gdpr.eu/fines/

> The less severe infringements could result in a fine of up to €10 million, or 2% of the firm’s worldwide annual revenue from the preceding financial year, whichever amount is higher.

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tpxl 1268 days ago
Reset all preferences to 'no' for affected users, and ask them on the next login whether they would like this or not. Simple.
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dylan604 1268 days ago
Simple for you and I, but not so simple if you're a lawyer working for Meta that can twist words and interpretations of those words strung together into sentences in a legal contract. At the end of the day, you and I don't matter in our interpretations. It is the lawyers and judges. Who do you trust?
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Nextgrid 1268 days ago
GDPR actually mandates consent to be informed, so a simple, user-friendly explanation is more likely to win over 100 pages of legalese.
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