Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads

Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
    151·
    1 year ago

    Guess they have to stop collecting user location at all.

    Or maybe just use IP address as a proxy for location. I assume that’s still allowed (and if it’s not, then I’m afraid I have to side with Meta on this one…as gross as it feels to say that…)

      • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
        111·
        1 year ago

        They don’t have to “make those demands”. They just need to keep fining the company if it fails to comply with the law in its own region.

        Meta can probably figure out a solution that complies, but if they can’t, then they have to decide whether to just suck up the fine, or address it worldwide.

          • Magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovhEnglish
            9·
            1 year ago

            Well at least Norway is standing up for their people. That is more than most governments are doing lately.

              • Magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovhEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I wholeheartedly agree with your first point. The second however does baffle me slightly. I’m not from Norway but I would not bet their small businesses are that reliant on targeted ad. But I could very much be wrong.

                Actually I’m not sur I understand why targeted ads, in the way Facebook is implementing them anyway, is that beneficial to small businesses. Bigger outfits have the means to litterally crush the small ones in this arena too.