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     Ajaatasatru Kurra Bewarse Username: Ajaatasatru Post Number: 1093 Registered: 04-2016 Posted From: 171.161.160.10 Rating: N/A |
Putting my thoughts, in <> The rules that did exist were largely established by the very companies that most relied on your data, in privacy policies and end-user agreements most people never actually read. Mactaggart began to scrutinize these policies closely, the way he read loan contracts and pored over offering plans. He learned that there was no real limit on the information companies could collect or buy about him — and that just about everything they could collect or buy, they did <Tech firms circumvent the rules, mostly by the "I Agree" option they ask you to click in the beginning. And they continue to mine your personal data. Mactaggart discovered this process> For most of its relatively brief existence, Silicon Valley has been more lightly regulated than almost any other major industry.The technology that drove the business was complex, and few lawmakers wanted to be seen as standing in the way of a new kind of wealth creation <Tech firms werent scrutinised well> Facebook simultaneously became one of the world’s biggest collectors of personal data and a powerful presence in Washington and beyond <Tech firms grew powerful> I spoke to Mactaggart shortly after the vote. “It felt like a moment — people didn’t want to be on the wrong side of this issue,” <wrong side - allowing usage of privacy data> <Mactaggart is fighting this battle against Data-privacy invasion. If it is legal - why would he fight a case ? and WIN IT. FB is trying to block the motion, cos it will make the illegal operation public.> brahma satyam jagan-mithyä jivo brahmaiva näparah |