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CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Why is it a breach of privacy for this app, but other apps doing the same selling of personal data is not?

From the article…

The lawsuit alleges that Flo Health misused users’ personal information “for its own financial gain,” claiming breach of privacy, breach of confidence and “intrusion upon seclusion.”

IANAL, but my understanding, after having read the whole article, is that regardless of the fact that there may or may not have been an agreement between the app creator and its users, that they still ran foul of laws that cannot be waived by any sort of agreement.

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Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I read the article too, and those things you quoted sound to me like things every app does.

Hence my question: what is different here?

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- CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  regardless of the fact that there may or may not have been an agreement between the app creator and its users, that they still ran foul of laws that cannot be waived by any sort of TOU/EULA agreement.
  
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  - Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    So what are they doing that illegal that other apps aren’t doing??
    
    I really don’t know how to be any more clear with this question.
    
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    CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    So what are they doing that illegal that other apps aren’t doing??
    
    I really don’t know how to be any more clear with this question.
    
    From the article…
    
    The lawsuit alleges that Flo Health misused users’ personal information “for its own financial gain,” claiming breach of privacy, breach of confidence and “intrusion upon seclusion.”
    
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