Re: And they have all those phonebooks nice data anyway....
How many data Facebook has about people who never accepted to have those data used by Facebook? Is it legal, especially under GDPR - a third party can't consent to have my data collected.
It wasn't legal before GDPR, GDPR hasn't actually changed anything in that respect other than the potential penalties.
Under GDPR and earlier UK & EU data protection law, you would need the informed consent of EVERY other person before uploading their contact details (via a phonebook slurp) to the likes of FaecesBorg. To think that FaecesBorg weren't aware of that but just figured the potential costs were less than the realisable profits would be naive to say the least !
Under GDPR the penalties are such that FaecesBorg won't be able to ignore them forever, and when they find that the law does apply to them then they'll find their business model is dead. There are already cases that have been started, but it'll take some time for them to work their way through the system of various tribunals, courts, appeals etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
