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I think what it means is that, in this case, the FTC gets to watch and make sure Facebook complies. If they don't, they get penalized for it. FTA:

The proposed order also contains standard record-keeping provisions to allow the FTC to monitor compliance with its order.

and then further down:

Each violation of such an order may result in a civil penalty of up to $16,000.

I really hope that's up to $16,000 per person for each violation.




The next site-wide privacy snafu will cost $11 trillion dollars.


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My employer handles insurance claims. I have an email sitting in my inbox right now, explaining that if we get a certain thing wrong it will get us fined up to $1000 per claim per day until it's fixed. Not because we screwed up and got in trouble, but because that's just how things always are in this industry.

So no, I don't find that unlikely at all. In fact it not being per person is what would be absurd.




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