And for others in the photo, some of whom may not have an account, did FaceBook get their permission to generate meta data about them?

Which brings us to a similar issue: what if I don't want my voice being recorded, analyzed and tracked by digital assistants? How do I prevent companies from profiling my habits by using other peoples devices?

Good point! This was discussed a bit when people started wearing Google Glasses and creeped out strangers who didn't want to be recorded.

Could be a hard one. I imagine that the voice recognition is processed in the cloud, where for privacy it should be on the device.

As it is, there's no need for the Government to bend the law to store meta data on citizens; these companies do it all for them.

Yes.

Steve Kroft: "You signed on. You made the deal."

Max Schrems: The individual doesn't have the power, the time, the legal expertise to understand any of that. And then you're sitting at home at your desk and have the option to only say yes. This is not what any reasonable person would consider a fair deal.

Read more here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gdpr-the-law-that-lets-europe-t...

They definitely have the option to say no.

I empathize with the regular user and lack of time/skill to read complex legal text but you cannot say that the only option is to say yes when anyone can just not use the service.