DaphneJan 6, 2023

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Breaking: In decisions just out, Meta is not only on the hook for privacy fines totaling nearly €400 million, but it must also — quickly — find a new legal basis for its sprawling targeted advertising empire. 🧵

https://pro.politico.eu/news/158293

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Show threadDaphneJan 6, 2023
Can smart EU lawyers with data protection chops help me understand the basic legal proposition of this case?
I get the Art 6 bases for processing, and how Meta’s latest maneuvers (moving from consent to contractual basis) were legally sketchy and made EDPB mad. 1/
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Jan 6, 2023
@daphnehk I am not smart, nor EU, nor a lawyer. But I also raised questions about this... and in response got yelled at for daring to question the GDPR.
Show threadWalter van HolstJan 6, 2023
@mmasnick @daphnehk You got screamed at for misrepresenting the GDPR in a rather Silicon Valley way that had grown pretty old by then, iirc.
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Jan 6, 2023

@whvholst @daphnehk I don't know if you were the one doing the yelling, but I find an odd characteristic in all the yelling: silly accusations like "silicon valley way" WITHOUT ANY ACTUAL explanation of what it is people think I got wrong.

I continue to stand by my claims, and the lack of actual explanations of any errors, and just nonsense ad homs, suggests... that it's just some sorta weird GDPR fandom.

Show threadMike Taylor 🦕
@mmasnick @whvholst @daphnehk In my experience, "GDPA" is usually an mystical incantation, intended to shut down discussion, rather than part of any chain of reasoning.
Jan 6, 2023 at 11:21amWeb
Show threadWalter van HolstJan 6, 2023
@mike @mmasnick @daphnehk That is often true, but I wouldn't accuse Mike of doing so and this discussion was about a specific aspect of the GDPR and a ruling of the Irish DPC, so luckily we aren't at that level of disinformation here.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕Jan 6, 2023
@whvholst @mmasnick @daphnehk Oh, I didn't *at all* mean that Mike was doing that!