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Twitter is Being Investigated Over Data Collection In Its Link-Shortening System (theblogroom.com)
New submitter DavidDoherty writes: The Ireland Data Protection Commission is investigating Twitter because the company refused to provide their t.co (URL shortening service owned and used by Twitter) web link tracking data to UK professor, Michael Veale. "Their refusal to comply with the request is potentially a violation of the EU's allowance for requests under GDPR. The privacy expert said that Twitter refused to cite an exception to GDPR for requests that required 'disproportionate effort.'" By contrast, Veale believed that twitter was distorting the law in order to limit the information they handed over to the authorities. A new GDPR regulation, which was first enforced in May, requires that tech companies aim towards a more transparent relationship with user data and provide their customers with data privacy rights.
Let me spell it out for you.
Veale: All links in tweets get shortened to t.co URLs. When I click on one of these shortened URLs, what information are you obtaining from that? In particular, are you getting my device ID/location and if so, what are you doing with them?
Twitter: It's... uh... complicated. Sorry.
Data Protection Commission: That's not an answer to a legitimate question of general interest to anyone using your service. Since you don't care to provide a straight answer, we are going to obtain one ourselves.
Less confused now?
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
And that excuses not telling your users how they're paying for the "free" service exactly how?
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Did you even bother to find out exactly what Veale was asking for, and why, before you wrote all that?
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
I'd rather pay $50 for an item if that's 3% of my monthly net income, than $25 for an item if that means it's 5% of my monthly net income. I simply don't care for the actual prices of items. I only care for their prices in relation to my net income.
Because I'm not rich, living in a "socialist" country like the Netherlands is actually beneficial for me. Not because prices are lower (they're not), but because prices are lower relative to my net income. Oh, and because healthcare is significantly cheaper here than in the US. My health is more important than more money.