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.

  • 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.”