Is it really the layman that is wrong? You can put something backyard of your house, and reasonably expect that it’s not going to end up used in a database to profile you.
Why DO we have to accept that “public” means big data? Why can’t we legislate access so that aggregate collection of public personal data requires _consent_?
Why can’t we legislate access so that aggregate collection of public personal data requires _consent_?
If you can get enough people to agree with you, then great - go for it. But that’s not the point of my comment. It’s that even if they did collect the data, it couldn’t have been used to microtarget you through Facebook ads, even though that is exactly what all of these articles have said happened here.
Why DO we have to accept that “public” means big data? Why can’t we legislate access so that aggregate collection of public personal data requires _consent_?