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A Paris court on Thursday ordered Twitter to change its smallprint, according to a consumer group which accused the tech giant of having "abusive" clauses in its terms and conditions.
UFC-Que Choisir claimed victory in its case against the US social media platform, saying "the conviction has a gigantic scope for the protection of users' personal data". The consumer association had called on the high court "to recognise the abusive or illegal nature" of 256 clauses contained in Twitter's terms and conditions that it said breached users' privacy.
In particular, UFC-Que Choisir said the court's decision guarantees Twitter users that their photos and tweets can no longer be "commercially exploited" if they have not given their consent. "By ticking a small box to accept the terms of service, the consumer has not expressly accepted their data can be exploited," the group said.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 11 2018, @08:23PM (1 child)
When Twitter commercially exploits your data for profit, Twitter is evil.
When you commercially exploit your data for profit, you are evil.
You don't get a free pass to be a capitalist douchebag, bro. Give it all away for free.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 11 2018, @08:48PM
You deserve Twitter's old ToS.