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OPLIN 4Cast #592: The sudden scramble for online privacy
May 2nd, 2018

[image: Finger pressing on a shield icon] Have you noticed your inbox
filling up with notices about updated terms of service? Many of these are
coming about not only in the wake of renewed public scrutiny after the
Facebook–Cambridge
Analytica data scandal
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal>,
but also in advance of a looming deadline in the European Union's General
Data Protection Regulation <https://www.eugdpr.org/>, which was passed two
years ago and becomes enforceable on May 25. Obviously, EU rules do not
govern us here in Ohio, but in his testimony before Congress, Mark
Zuckerberg hinted that some of European data protections will be extended
worldwide
<https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17224492/zuckerberg-facebook-congress-gdpr-data-protection>.
Except when they won't.

   -
   - A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes
   <https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/17/facebook-gdpr-changes/> "Just click
   accept, ignore those settings" [*TechCrunch* | Josh Constine] "Overall,
   it seems like Facebook is complying with the letter of GDPR law, but with
   questionable spirit."
   - Facebook to put 1.5 billion users out of reach of new EU privacy law
   <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-eu-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-to-change-user-terms-limiting-effect-of-eu-privacy-law-idUSKBN1HQ00P>
   [*Reuters *| David Ingram] "In practice, the change means the 1.5
   billion affected users will not be able to file complaints with Ireland’s
   Data Protection Commissioner or in Irish courts. Instead they will be
   governed by more lenient U.S. privacy laws."
   - Oculus implements its own GDPR-compliant privacy controls
   <https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/19/oculus-implements-its-own-gdpr-compliant-privacy-controls/>
   [*TechCrunch* | Ron Amadeo] "On the user privacy front, few things have
   made Oculus users more antsy than the belief that the company was using the
   rich data it gathered, including data related to how users physically moved
   their bodes while inside VR, to help Facebook target advertisements to
   users."
   - The ‘Terms and Conditions’ Reckoning Is Coming
   <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-20/uber-paypal-face-reckoning-over-opaque-terms-and-conditions>
   [*Bloomberg Businessweek *| Nate Lanxon] "If a typical user wouldn’t
   understand the documents, the consent that companies rely on for their
   business activities would be legally invalid."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Gines, Karen. "Getting up to Speed with GDPR
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=128568795&site=ehost-live>
   ." *Successful Meetings*, vol. 67, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 72-78.
   - Netsparker, Ltd. "Netsparker GDPR Survey: 10 Percent of C-Level
   Security Execs Say GDPR Will Cost Them $1M+
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=bizwire.c84084008>
   ." *Business Wire (English)*, April 2018.
   - Griffin, Andrew. "Google Loses Landmark ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Case
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=4HGINDINMLMMGLSTRY000030423737>
   ." *Independent (UK)*, 14 Apr. 2018.

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