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> It’s a bit like if you have a stalker who’s been shadowing you around, meticulously documenting everywhere you go, everyone you talk to, and everything you do, who’s now handing you a form to fill out if you want to see the boxes of files they’ve been keeping on you.

This has me thinking. I can get an injunction for a human stalker who's going after me at home, my workplace, following me wherever I go, etc.

According to US law, companies are also people. So, why can't I get an injunction against, say, Facebook/Meta ?

Get enough of these injunctions, and these shitty privacy-invading data blackholes would dry up pretty quick. If they don't, then they'd be liable for violating court orders. That usually never ends up well.




Because you clicked Yes on their EULA.


I said facebook for a *very* specific reason: https://medium.com/@SpiderOak/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-pro...

There's absolutely NO agreement with shadow profiles.

And on to your EULA excuse - show the court that:

1. That YOU accepted a EULA

2. That the EULA was even presented

3. That the EULA agreed (if proven) is the same one withe the onerous terms

4. That the user didn't revoke permissions (affirmative consent is a thing)


I agree with you, but it might be difficult to prove that someone is keeping a shadow profile.


The difference between a stalker and Amazon is that Amazon does not get any data from you (or at least 99% of what this author could request from Amazon, some ad tracking stuff might be an exception) if you do not willingy give it to them. Don't have an Amazon account and use it do order things or search, talk to Alexa, etc - and they will have no data.


This totally disregards the concept of shadow profiles..


I’d think that like fb, they collect data on individuals regardless of accounts. One example of this is their facial recognition services. Given that they force higher pricing of products not on their page, it becomes challenging to simply “go somewhere else.” It’s also been shown that they extract business data from their aws customers.




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