Sheep. I never would've thought, but it does make sense. Still. Sheep. I mean, sheep. I think there's dirt in my backyard that's smarter than the average sheep.
Snerks aside, that does make sense. I know at least that much from my time working for a lawyer, that precedent goes way back. I just didn't realize how much even the newest law must sometimes reach that far back.
As for the removing content? Well, if you go by Facebook's example, the answer is that they don't. Not only are they keeping it all, they won't even let you see what they've kept. Fortunately (if there is a bright lining in this), FB's international HQ is in Ireland, which just so happens to have passed a new law about online privacy and user's rights. Not sure how it'll roll out, but just reading the list of FB violations of that Irish law are enough to give any person with a reasonable expectation of privacy... a completely dashed set of expectation, and possibly also a case of the hives.
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Date: 16 Oct 2011 08:32 pm (UTC)Snerks aside, that does make sense. I know at least that much from my time working for a lawyer, that precedent goes way back. I just didn't realize how much even the newest law must sometimes reach that far back.
As for the removing content? Well, if you go by Facebook's example, the answer is that they don't. Not only are they keeping it all, they won't even let you see what they've kept. Fortunately (if there is a bright lining in this), FB's international HQ is in Ireland, which just so happens to have passed a new law about online privacy and user's rights. Not sure how it'll roll out, but just reading the list of FB violations of that Irish law are enough to give any person with a reasonable expectation of privacy... a completely dashed set of expectation, and possibly also a case of the hives.