[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Facebook loses Belgian court case over consent and tracking

[Chen, Tim]

Hi Sam,

When you say these are hundred million dollar issues for "the
companies",which companies are you talking about?  Large Registrars?

I hope you are not comparing cybersecurity professionals and the good work
they are trying to enable, to a completely separate privacy issue around
data used for ad tracking or behavior tracking across websites.  If I spent
my days trying to protect people on the internet from bad things, I would
certainly not appreciate any allusion that I was engaged on the whois data
issue 'for the money'.

Tim



On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:20 AM, Sam Lanfranco <sam at lanfranco.net> wrote:

> And the beat goes on:
>
> “Facebook ordered to stop collecting user data by Belgian court. Social
> network instructed to delete illegally collected data or face €100m in
> fines after it loses case over consent and tracking.”
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/16/facebook-ordered-stop-
> collecting-user-data-fines-belgian-court
>
> Richard Allan, Facebook’s vice president of public policy for EMEA, said
> the company was disappointed with the verdict and intended to appeal: “The
> cookies and pixels we use are industry standard technologies and enable
> hundreds of thousands of businesses to grow their businesses and reach
> customers across the EU.
>
> *Important point: *For the social media companies the harvesting of
> personal data is more than a privacy issue. It is central to their business
> plans and their market valuations. To quote a Canadian litigation law firm,
> companies will litigate "...until hell freezes over", and when hell freezes
> over "...they will strap on ice skates and continue to litigate".
>
> As we work with RDS/WhoIS policy it is worth remembering that these are
> hundred million dollar issues for the companies. They view tens of millions
> a year in litigation as a "good investment".
>
> Sam L.
>
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