Το πείραμα που άφηνε τους χρήστες και τις επιχειρήσεις να προστατέψουν τα προσωπικά Big Data στο Facebook, απέτυχε, καθώς όλο και περισσότερες ιστορίες έρχονται στο φως που περιγράφουν ορισμένες από τις συνέπειες στον πραγματικό κόσμο (βλέπε τις τελευταίες εκλογές στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες).
As it turns out, the ball will be passed on to governments that should do something directly to protect personal data. 
But this approach has shown that lawmakers often vote on the first bill to be voted on, without looking for the best approach. It should be mentioned here that almost most of them do not fully understand the essence but also the terminology of a huge business like Facebook.
The need to limit Facebook has become apparent after the disclosure of its actions Cambridge Analytica and you surely deceive yourself if you think it was an isolated incident.
A little later, the actions of Localblox, a company from Washington, were revealed, which had collected 48 million personal profiles from services such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter without the user's consent. This particular story got a lot worse when it was revealed that the data was being stored on an AWS S3 server without code access.
It is certain that there are many dumps of data on the web, but we only hear about these are discovered.
A recent survey by analytics firm Telsyte from Australia found that 38% of respondents "followed the ethical use of their customer data" and expressed concern that customers could share this information without understanding what they had agreed to.
According to the survey, 53% of respondents said they were "willing to share the data if there is a tangible benefit to their company".
This number should trigger an alert for those who are interested in limiting profits from collecting and distributing personal data. If more than half of respondents were so comfortable to admit that they would share data that did not belong to them, then we can assume that the actual number will be much larger.
Here we have to mention him European Regulation on General Data Protection which is due to enter into force next month. The regulation will essentially remind businesses of the delicacy of collecting and holding user data.
And while Facebook was basically caught on the leek to promote its users' data, the company allegedly tries to avoid GDPR where possible, or if he can not at least try to limit his scope
Even Mark Zuckerberg can see where the train is headed, as he tried to direct lawmakers in his recent appearance in the US Congress.
Legislators seemed to be reconciling and want to work with the social network for future regulations. It's like asking JP Morgan to help draft competition laws. But the raw reality is a company that even monitors people who have not joined the service. The treatment of senators on the other hand (except for a few exceptions) has shown that they do not fully understand the gravity of the issue.
Facebook is a company that draws annual income of $41 billion and earned $16 billion last year. Which of these senators can take back the data and force Facebook to delete all personal data collected by developers, companies, and researchers? The data has been collected, analyzed and continues to be analyzed and of course is an item for sale around the world.
Yes, nothing can be done to get back personal data that has already been delivered to analyzers, so there should be emphasis on limiting the damage.
Legislative change is needed and the GDPR is a good start in Europe. But what really needs to be done is to give users as much power as possible, in order to reduce the amount of data circulating…
But the voice of the users does not sound, following a daily routine that brought us here. The GDPR announcement, and the decision of the US Senators to intervene with restrictive laws, chose us, who else wants the responsibility, and who has the appetite and energy to put them with a giant?
But you will not be complaining then, yes, with the next scandal.
