According to the new Facebook “Off-Facebook Activity tool,” Plex is sharing my Plex activities with Facebook, despite me never having set it to do any such thing. Can someone explain why this is?

[image] bukzin: What should I do? Just update through the Play Store / App Store respectively… same as always on those mobiles / tablets :wink:

[image] banjopotato: Are you at all concerned with the GDPR implications of this? I and others told Plex about 1 or 2 years ago. They didn’t listen. [image] banjopotato: This is a data breach for which the penalties (per case) are prohibitive. Well. As I see it now it only takes one u…

@anon18523487 as of the 4th Feb Plex for Android 7.27.1 is still not available from the google store. I’m in Ireland, is there a problem with the app being approved and rolled out ? edit: like magic a few hours after my post the update appeared on the google store

Staged rollouts can sometimes take a little while.

This is baffling and and if I am not mistaken in conflict with GDPR. Not a facebook user, never was, never will be. And yet data about me ended up at that corporation which I never opted in or agreed to. I have not received any information about this problem from Plex. But if this happened, I would…

The info-link is nice … but the actual problem here is a different one: GDPR states an Opt-In principle: that means if somebody hasn’t specifically given consent that his data is shared with Facebook YOU ARE IN CONFLICT. GDPR also states that there is a 72h period any breach has to be disclosed to…

GDPR and other privacy laws are about sharing private data. Plex will never share private data with others without consent. The information we are using in this case is for tracking app installs and opens. There is no information about “you” that is being shared.

This is utterly disgusting and the fact plex as a company cannot see why there is concern says it all. NOTHING should be sent to FB from a device I use. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (and I am shouting)! I’ve no FB account and never will. I don’t care its ‘anonymous’ or some BS about limits to installs and ap…

The tracking information is only enabled on a new install of the app. If you are concerned with this, install a previous version of the app, then update to the latest, no more info sent to FB.

Why is Plex "sharing my activities" with Facebook?

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