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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 65228" data-source="post: 713965">When it comes down to general data collection though, it&#039;s gone way over the top. Services which have nothing to do with using data to make the world a better place to prevent attacks on people/national attacks, there definitely needs to be strict laws on it all.Despite EULA / Terms &amp; Service agreements, data collection laws should be stricter and it should be illegal to try to work-around them with &quot;malicious&quot; intent in my opinion.For example, Google&#039;s tracking features when when the phone&#039;s location data collection/tracking settings are disabled... This should be eyed up as illegal in many countries and cause Google to be fined a LOT of money so they know to stop doing things like this, and change their ways.Companies like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, ... data collection is just getting worse and worse. They all have so much money and high-stance in the media that they believe they can do whatever they want. They probably even think they can fly. When something happens, they get away with it one way or another. A fine for a few million dollars is meaningless, they will pay it and not care. Hell, they could spend that much for their breakfast.Something needs to happen which forces companies to change their ways and stop trying to do shady/risky things which they get away with 24/7. But sadly nothing is going to happen because these same companies, government agencies will want to work with to use their data collection as leverage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deleted member 65228, post: 713965"] When it comes down to general data collection though, it's gone way over the top. Services which have nothing to do with using data to make the world a better place to prevent attacks on people/national attacks, there definitely needs to be strict laws on it all. Despite EULA / Terms & Service agreements, data collection laws should be stricter and it should be illegal to try to work-around them with "malicious" intent in my opinion. For example, Google's tracking features when when the phone's location data collection/tracking settings are disabled... This should be eyed up as illegal in many countries and cause Google to be fined a LOT of money so they know to stop doing things like this, and change their ways. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, ... data collection is just getting worse and worse. They all have so much money and high-stance in the media that they believe they can do whatever they want. They probably even think they can fly. When something happens, they get away with it one way or another. A fine for a few million dollars is meaningless, they will pay it and not care. Hell, they could spend that much for their breakfast. Something needs to happen which forces companies to change their ways and stop trying to do shady/risky things which they get away with 24/7. But sadly nothing is going to happen because these same companies, government agencies will want to work with to use their data collection as leverage. [/QUOTE]

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