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The statement from Canada privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien on Facebook are fascinating. Therrien basically says Facebook is a private government that refuses to adhere to Canadian law. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/sp…
"It is untenable that organizations are allowed to reject my office’s legal findings as mere opinions. Facebook should not get to decide what Canadian privacy law does or does not require." priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/sp…
What's amazing is that the Canadian privacy commissioner told Facebook "Here's how you're violating the law, here's how to stop breaking the law. Please do so." And Facebook's response was, "No."
The subtext of the FB scandal is the systemic breakdown of the rule of law over the past four decades. We don't think about business law as social justice-y but it is. This isn't a privacy problem, it's a democracy problem because big companies now see laws as mere suggestions.
Another interesting element here is how Canadian privacy commissioner *accepts* Facebook's as government. Saying "Facebook should not get to” instead of “does not get to” shows how pervasive the learned helplessness by gov't officials everywhere truly is.
