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by 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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>will this mean retroactively resetting ALL users to no?

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

As if that has EVER stopped them before
The difference is that now they're getting fined and being given legally-binding orders to stop.
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.

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.

could result

NOT

must result

Reset all preferences to 'no' for affected users, and ask them on the next login whether they would like this or not. Simple.
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?
GDPR actually mandates consent to be informed, so a simple, user-friendly explanation is more likely to win over 100 pages of legalese.