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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday April 10 2018, @10:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the should-be-committed dept.

Facebook should adopt stringent EU data protection rules as a global "baseline" for all of the social network's services, consumer activists say in an open letter that contends the rules will help ensure the company is accountable and transparent.

The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue, a coalition of US and European consumer groups, called on CEO Mark Zuckerberg to adopt the EU's General Data Protection Regulation to govern his company's platform. The sweeping regulation, known by the abbreviation GDPR, gives Europeans more control over their personal data and compels companies to notify consumers of data breaches within 72 hours. It also expands the types of information that are considered personal data.

"The GDPR provides a solid foundation for data protection, establishing clear responsibilities for companies that collect personal data and clear rights for users whose data is gathered," TCD said in its letter. "These are protections that all users should be entitled to no matter where they are located."

[...] In its letter, the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue suggested the GDPR represents the gold standard in data protection, telling Zuckerberg that "there is simply no reason for your company to provide less than the best legal standards currently available to protect the privacy of Facebook users."

It urged Zuckerberg to express his commitment "to global compliance with GDPR and provide specific details on how the company plans to implement these changes" in his Congressional testimony. 

[...] Facebook declined to comment for this story, but executives have previously commented on GDPR and similar subjects.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @08:38PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @08:38PM (#665092)

    Sure this time it was relatively on-topic except for the continuous fact that you have no viable solutions to replace government. Your propositions are lame and rely on humanity being perfectly sane and logical actors. Grow up kid.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @08:58PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @08:58PM (#665098)

    Should ALL monopolies be smashed to bits, or is government some magical exception?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @09:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @09:37PM (#665110)

      You fail basic reasoning yet again.

      There is no monopoly on government. Individual cities/counties/states create their own laws, and sometimes they go against the federal government. Don't like your government? Move to another city/state. Don't like the US federal government? Move to another country.

      Let me get a seat further up the bleachers, when your brain explodes from too many mental gymnastics I don't want to be contaminated.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 11 2018, @05:13AM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 11 2018, @05:13AM (#665240) Journal

    Sure this time it was relatively on-topic except for the continuous fact that you have no viable solutions to replace government.

    The original quote did not make that distinction instead saying all monopolies - not just the ones that are viable - should be smashed. It's fine to be concerned that a simplistic one-size-fits-all approach probably is not viable. It's not so fine to be selectively concerned and only express that concern towards criticism of the original flawed post.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 11 2018, @06:31AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 11 2018, @06:31AM (#665255)

      Whatever you say boss. Yessir that khallow is one mean boss, don't wanna cross that man, uh uhhh.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 11 2018, @01:49PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 11 2018, @01:49PM (#665361) Journal

        Whatever you say boss.

        Read the thread.