Schaduwprofielen bij Facebook (en Google)

Zo had ik er nog niet over nagedacht, maar ik lees nu dat Facebook (en natuurlijk ook Google hoor) ook profielen maakt van mensen die helemaal geen "lid" zijn van de club.

[...] Therefore Facebook Ireland collects as much information of users and non-users as possible. Facebook Ireland is mainly collecting e-mail addresses but it also collects names, telephone numbers, addresses or work information about its users and nonusers.
This is done by different functions that encourage users to hand personal data of  other users and non-users to Facebook Ireland (e.g. “synchronizing” mobile phones, importing  personal data from e-mail providers, importing personal information  from instant messaging services, sending invitations to friends or saving search queries when users search for other people on facebook.com).
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By gathering all this information, Facebook Ireland is creating extensive profiles of non-users and it is also enriching existing user profiles (see attachment 04). This is done in the background without notice to the data subject (“shadow profiles”); the user or non-user is only experiencing some of the result of these shadow  profiles:  There are “friend” suggestions by Facebook Ireland based on the information or non-users get invitations showing many users that they actually know in real life.
This means that Facebook Ireland is gathering excessive amounts of information about data subjects without notice or consent by the data subject. In many cases these information might be embarrassing or intimidating for the data subject. This information might also constitute sensitive data such as political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation and so forth.

Bovenstaande passages komen van Europe versus Facebook, een in Oostenrijk "gevestigde" groep Europeanen die met behulp van de Ierse Data Protection Commissioner proberen te achterhalen welke gegevens Facebook allemaal opslaat. Dit gaat via Ierland, omdat Facebook een bedrijf in Ierland gevestigd heeft waar alle gebruikers van buiten de VS een contract (zie artikel 18) mee afsluiten.
In totaal heeft de groep 22 complaints ingediend bij de Data Protection Commissioner.

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