Facebook Sued for 'Losing Control' of Users' Data (bbc.com) 16
Facebook is being sued for "losing control" of the data of about a million users in England and Wales. From a report: The alleged failings were revealed in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where harvested data was used for advertising during elections. Journalist Peter Jukes, leading the action, claims his data was compromised. Facebook told BBC News there was "no evidence" UK or EU users' data had been transferred to Cambridge Analytica. But the case against the technology giant, expected to last for at least three years, will argue a "loss of control" over users' personal data warrants individual compensation. The harvesting of Facebook users' personal information by third-party apps was at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, exposed in 2018. Cambridge Analytica's app on Facebook had harvested the data of people who interacted with it -- and that of friends who had not given consent.
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Can you provide an example? Thanks!
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under this story: Facebook Says It's Banning the Phrase 'Stop the Steal' Google Suspends Parler From App Store; Apple Gives 24-Hour Warning
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I got "Mark Zuckerberg Addresses the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Says Facebook 'Made Mistakes' in Protecting Data"
it seems related to me.
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Going forward ... (Score:2)
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It doesn't work that way in the EU or the UK. There are legal requirement for handling people's data under the Data Protection Act. Rather than me summarising you can read about it here -
https://www.gov.uk/data-protec... [www.gov.uk]
"Individual Compensation" (Score:2)
Will that actually go to the individuals that had their data ganked and sent who knows where, or will it just be pocketed on a per-user basis by the lawyers and the government in their names? I've never seen an "individual compensation" case on this large of a scale result in anything more than pennies to the individuals actually affected. It typically costs more in overhead and postage than the amount of the payout.
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The only one not letting it go is you. This is about England and Wales, where Cambridge Analytica was based and where they had ties to the Conservative Party. No-one here gives a fuck about Trump.
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Typo (Score:2)
That's not the users, that's the product.
robots do not lose control (Score:2)
I think its clear that Zuckerberg is a robot. I mean he is right in the middle of the uncanny valley, and didn't enter from the human side. Zuck doesn't lose control, he needs some bug fixes.
Should not have to prove financial loss to sue (Score:1)
Company A loses my name, drivers license number, address, birthdate and social security number today
Company B loses the same data next month
Identity theft happens and I'm looking at $50,000 in credit card charges I did not make
Company B says it was not us, you cannot prove it
Company A says it was not us, it was Company B and you cannot prove it was us
What needs to happen is that company A and company B both p