toon, 5 months ago

@jmaris it would indeed be illegal for them to profile EU non-threads users based on data collected on the fediverse.

holsta, 5 months ago

@toon @jmaris Illegal but profitable?

jmaris, 5 months ago

@holsta remind me what the max fine is under the GDPR?

jmaris, 5 months ago

@jmaris having taken a better look it actually Seems clear that they will not use fediverse users data for profiling and targeting.

Sadly the post making the claim has garnered tonnes of traction. It would appear the fediverse isn't immune to misinformation either

petrescatraian, 5 months ago

@jmaris hopefully they keep their word

JensJot, 5 months ago

@jmaris The original tooter (?) acknowledges that the link seems to show different documents for US or EU users, respectively, see below.
The question is, will they stick to their own rules?

“https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111588180015423946
Apologies. Most discussion was concerning the Supplemental Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944 which was the correct link. As explained above this link seems to connect to different documents for EU and US users.”

jmaris, 5 months ago

@JensJot that explains a lot

gubi, 5 months ago

@jmaris mastodon does not collect ANY data. If your theory about data collection needed for federate comment is correct this would imply one of the following:

• Mastodon gGmbH is lying
• Official Mastodon client cannot federate comments

jmaris, 5 months ago

@gubi Also to be clear: your iPhone's privacy indicators are about the apps themselves, not the services.

jmaris, 5 months ago

@gubi The Mastodon app does not collect any data from your phone, but other mastodon instances take copies of your posts, replies and likes as part of federation. What Threads are saying they are doing is exactly the same.

jmaris, 5 months ago

@gubi Also to be clear: your iPhone's privacy indicators are about the apps themselves, not the services.