Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads
Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads
Wait, if they can’t get physical location under this regulation, how would they even opt Norwegian users out? If they’re making it impossible to comply why not just go ahead and ban Meta products.
Guess they have to stop collecting user location at all.
Or maybe just use IP address as a proxy for location. I assume that’s still allowed (and if it’s not, then I’m afraid I have to side with Meta on this one…as gross as it feels to say that…)
The Norwegian market is way too small to be making those demands worldwide lol. And I don’t see the EU joining in any time soon, tech has been a gold mine for them since the GDPR.
Edit: Not sure why everyone’s so worked about realism. If you think Norway is going to stop targeted advertising worldwide then I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
They don’t have to “make those demands”. They just need to keep fining the company if it fails to comply with the law in its own region.
Meta can probably figure out a solution that complies, but if they can’t, then they have to decide whether to just suck up the fine, or address it worldwide.
You missed a scenario though, ignore the fine and let Norway kick you out. Could probably even spin it that Norwegian regulators refused to work with them.
Well at least Norway is standing up for their people. That is more than most governments are doing lately.