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Meta banned from using personal data for behavioral advertising in EU/EEA (stackdiary.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The EDPB issued an urgent binding decision that essentially bans Meta from using personal data for behavioral advertising in the entire European Economic Area (EEA).

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[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nowadays, you have to assume your personal data being used to train an AI model is the cost of signing up to any free website unless they explicitly tell you otherwise.

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 months ago

Right. That's the point. Let's make that illegal. The same way you can't sign a contract to give away any other rights.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I wonder what The Gospel knows about me.