I read the comments why on earth did I read the comments
the amount of clueless people in the comments is amazing
The thing most people don’t seem to understand is, this law that Tumblr (and all other companies operating in the EU) is now following is actually for your protection. This data protection law is a good law, because it forces companies to tell you what data they are collecting, what they do with it, and they need a valid reason for every piece of information they collect. They also need to be able to tell you who in the company has access to your information. It also allows you at all times to get insight in the information they have collected about you, and to get your information removed at your request (and with that, access to the site, but still - you can force them to forget you).
Literally this situation is for the good of the user/consumer - the only difference (IMPROVEMENT) from before is that companies can no longer collect information at random and can no longer get away with random/illegal information collection. The fines these companies may get for breaking the law are huge, and this law will actually be enforced, as opposed to all the vagueness about data collection before. Hence why all these companies are scrambling to get their shit in order and sending you all these e-mails on privacy policy updates.
Everyone world wide should actually be glad the EU created this law, because guess what! you all profit from extra data security and privacy
Also extra note: this goes for literally every single company operating in the EU or providing services to individuals and companies in the EU. Profit from this law, because trust me, you will.
So in short, you literally can go up to any company operating in the EU and demand:
- to tell you what information they have collected on you
- to tell you why they have that specific information
- to tell you what they are using it for
- to tell you who can access your information
- to tell you who they are sharing your information with
- to remove your information permanently
And if they can’t do that? They can be fined.
And yes, all of that comes with limited/revoked access to underage people. sucks.
[edit] To add: this law goes for every company, organisation, club etc collecting personal information. That is: the government, your school/university, your local sports/hobby club, social media, online/physical stores, etc etc. They are only allowed to collect information that they may reasonably need for providing their services. All the above rules apply. This also goes for any clubs/organisations that you have set up yourself, even if it’s not for profit. If it involves any form of personal data, the law applies.
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