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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: diddly on March 25, 2018, 06:09:51 PM

Title: Do we need a Digital EPA?
Post by: diddly on March 25, 2018, 06:09:51 PM

In light of the Facebook debacle and all the leaks of personal information (whether accidental or by design), do we need something like the EPA but for our digital ecosystem?  That's what this Bloomberg article posits: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/paul-ford-facebook-is-why-we-need-a-digital-protection-agency (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/paul-ford-facebook-is-why-we-need-a-digital-protection-agency)

The EU has the GDPR which does go a long way.  It forces services operating within the EU to give users the ability to know what information a service has on them, and the option to completely delete all of it.  Will shady advertisers comply?  What if you have no way of knowing who is serving up that ad that tagged you as a unicorn loving nazi?