Be Warned...

[Peter Korsten]

Don't t(h)read on my tentacles, Earthling! schreef:

> Le 18 févr. 09 à 12:21, Gorman, Declan a écrit :
> 
>> Aparently Facebook have done a u-turn on this issue after a massive  
>> user
>> outcry.
> 
> Now it doesn't change much as the previous legal set wasn't good anyway.

I've been thinking about this, and I've come to the conclusion that 
Legalese is a language that is unique, in the sense that it has an 
asymmetrical translation process. This is the perfect example.

Facebook: "We don't want you to sue us over your data, whatever we may 
or may not do with it."

Translate that into Legalese, and you get that infamous paragraph that 
started this whole discussion.

However, when translated back into English, it becomes this: "We are 
going to sell all your data to the highest bidder, and we don't care. 
And we know about your penile erection problem, too."

The underlying problem, obviously, is that there is insufficient privacy 
legislation regarding privacy (at least in the US, or so it seems). And 
another problem is that Facebook's legal section has no idea of what a 
'customer' is.

- Peter