You are right about regulating that leakage of data that has been happening lately.
I really agree with you.

just delete facebook and join steemit whre you are safe and your datea is safe so join steemit and sfae yourself safe and sound

There must be so much money in data collection that i can not see it ending any time soon perhaps a deal can be made between the users and the collectors of data and that way a happy medium can be made.

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a conference call with reporters that Facebook had not seen “any meaningful impact” on usage or ad sales since the scandal, although he added, “it’s not good” if people are unhappy with the company.
Zuckerberg told reporters that he accepted blame for the data leak, which has angered users, advertisers and lawmakers, while also saying he was still the right person to head the company he founded.

Cambridge Analytica has said that it engaged Kogan “in good faith” to collect Facebook data in a manner similar to how other third-party app developers have harvested personal information.

The scandal has kicked off investigations by Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office, Australia’s Privacy Commissioner and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and by some 37 U.S. state attorneys general.

Facebook sucks, steals data from the individuals to check their preferences , harvesting data of people, what is their problem? , well I would say people too are responsible for it, they used to allow third party apps to seek and steal their data, I agree upon her saying that google has collected more data than Facebook from individuals.Individuals should first go though the terms and conditions in detail before signing any application if they want to protect their privacy. We don't dig deep into the terms and conditions and then we blame them. After agreeing on the terms and conditions they can use our data for whatever purpose they like.

Certainly everything is legal, when the user sign the terms and conditions is accepting them. So the user is also responsible, but not the main one.

Although the problem of data and privacy is global, each person has a different approach, I know people who are aware of this news and they don't care what this companies are doing with their information because it's what they have to "sacrifice" to be connected with other people on Instagram or Facebook.

I think the important thing is to offer different alternatives for users according to how they want their information be handled. The problem is that if you leave the mainstream social networks you practically remain isolated from the rest of the people, there should be a massive migration.

A few days ago I saw this thread and I was shocked, they have too much information about us. Take a look
https://twitter.com/iamdylancurran/status/977559925680467968

What's scary is Google can get each and every detail about us, heck they even know where our/parent's/ home/workplace is and can have access to camera and mic anytime. 3/4th of the people are not bothered about any of this and give access without any worries.

Its amazing that it has taken this many years to finally bring information recollection into the table and start talking about regulating it, after so many previous incidents, this one could have been prevented if laws weren't made in a reactionary way, because we saw this coming along time ago.

Hopefully, the people at congress manage to get a good law framework built for this so that we don't end up with shitty stuff like the internet neutrality laws but with data recollection.

Some people are oblivious to the dangers of letting these multinational companies have everything on you, even if you are not doing anything bad you should not just comply and let them have your information, i hope serious repercussions await Mr. Suckerberg after this, he can not go unpunished.... He should be the one getting judged with the 1917 espionage act and not Snowden, the dude is basically a master of domestic and foreign espionage....

this is totally unfair of these corporations. we spend a lot having to be there and they never seem to appreciate it. so what now? they're even skinning us dry by even making more profit off our privacy? in my opinion, it is totally unfair and uncool. i took time to delete my pictures off facebook.

Thanks @liotap.  I recall your prior posts re privacy, FB, Google, etc., disguising data harvesting and exploitation, unbeknownst to users.  There are options and their needs to be clear disclosure re terms and conditions, and anything beyond that should be appropriately protected by the platform, which is an area FB failed at miserably.  Also, as you noted before, Europe appears to be the leader in tackling the issues of user data rights and ownership.

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Thanks for the post @liotap.  I remember you prior posts over the past month or so regarding these related issues and how it will diminish the value of traditional social media and accrue value to Steemit.

I found this chart on twitter (from firstparty.com) which is a good explanation of how things work with your data at FB. 

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