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The idea of informed consent applied here (which is EU law) gives SomeFacebookApp permission to access the data, like the text you have written says, and nothing beyond that.

Once they had accessed the data, they would not [legally] be able to store it, or use it for any purpose. Text like this worries me because it's clear there is some illegal intent - that doesn't mean I agree to the illegal action.



>be able to store it, or use it for any purpose

I didn't even consider that dimension to this issue. The authorization doesn't say anything about whether it will store the data.


Yes, exactly.

If the authorization doesn't say it, then it's not authorized to do it.

This level of explicit consent has legal basis in the EU.




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