united-states privacy data-protection consent
How to notify Facebook of no consent to their use of my information?
<p>I do not have a Facebook account (and never had one under any alias). I'd like to notify Facebook that I do not consent to their storing / displaying any information related to me (images of me, name and / or any other information that relates to me), even if uploaded by someone else (including services that may upload information about me through their use of Facebook for tracking, etc.)</p>
<p>If it makes a difference, I have dual citizenship in the US and in the EU. I live in the US.</p>
<p>Is this legally doable and if yes, how would I do it?</p>
<p>(In case I didn't phrase my question right, the intent of the question is whether I can force Facebook with such a notice to remove / stop future recording any information related to me, regardless of its source.)</p>

<p>The reported mail address is Facebook Headquarters, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, so you could write your claim in a letter and mail it to them. However, they do not necessarily have to care whether you consent to them using information about you. For example, imagine that they use your name and image in advertising. That would require your consent under California law, so you could sue them for violating your right of personality. In that case, the letter might threaten to sue them if they don't pay you or cease using your personal &quot;information&quot; (you can write a letter, or you can hire a lawyer). You are not required to threaten them, so you could just file a lawsuit, but traditionally people send such letters because actually suing a company like Facebook is complicated and potentially expensive. In general, unless the information is highly personal and its publication is objectively offensive, and is not infringement of copyright, your consent is not required in the US.</p>
<p>Your citizenship is irrelevant, what matters is where you are. If FB &quot;processed&quot; your personal data when you were in an EU state and did not get your consent, they could have run afoul of GDPR. Your letter could then outline the facts and your demands (such as taking a picture down).</p>
