It would be interesting to know if companies like Facebook and Google view leaked information like this as “fair game” and in the public domain.
Would they add it to their graphs if their missions are to know everything about everyone?
For example, the existence of shadow profiles shows that Facebook don’t care whether they have your consent or not.
In the UK Google have made strenuous efforts to get hold of NHS medical data, sometimes with dubious consent[1].
If you specifically asked you might be able to get them to remove about you but I doubt you’d get them to remove what they’d learned from their models.
Would they add it to their graphs if their missions are to know everything about everyone?
For example, the existence of shadow profiles shows that Facebook don’t care whether they have your consent or not.
In the UK Google have made strenuous efforts to get hold of NHS medical data, sometimes with dubious consent[1].
If you specifically asked you might be able to get them to remove about you but I doubt you’d get them to remove what they’d learned from their models.
1. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217939-google-is-takin...