No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here
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Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future.

Irish DPC says Meta’s new Twitter rival won’t be launched here – But that’s just because it hasn’t been approved for GDPR. It’ll come here of course, just not now.

  • cmeerw@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    just because it hasn’t been approved for GDPR

    that’s not what the article actually says, and I don’t think any formal approval is needed anyway (you might get fined if you don’t comply with the GDPR). The article claims:

    lack of clarity contained in the EU’s Digital Markets Act

  • pezhore@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What possible reason could a microbloging app need to know my health information? Ignoring everything else about threads - that alone should cause people to pause before using it.

    Maybe if they notified users like, “We’ve detected that your heart rate is elevated and you’re sweating excessively. Maybe don’t engage with @xerses5434 on this political topic, lest you have a heart attack.”

  • nromdotcom@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m curious, I’ve never released a mobile app nor had to write a privacy policy.

    When the privacy controls says it collects health information and sensitive info, is that because I can put that information in posts that I make and by definition of posting it, Meta has access to it? Or does it indicate specific data collection (somehow) or processing of submitted posts to collect that data from prose?

    That is, if I were to post “I am an atheist and have a prescription for a daily control inhaler” does that constitute beehaw processing sensitive information and health information from me? Or does that just fall under general “user content” and the specific categories must come from somewhere specific?

    • kelvinjps@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      maybe the personal information on your profile? In Facebook there is this section where you can put a lot of personal information

      • nromdotcom@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah that makes sense. I don’t have an insta or facebook account, so I don’t know what-all information you can fill in there. But it makes more sense than “any website or app with a freetext box must say they collect any possible data.”

  • JackOverlord@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s times like these where I love having a Gouvernement that actually cares about protecting my data.