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minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·1 year agoThis shit should be illegal. Or, specifically, should be required to be opt-in only. Data is a commodity, and has been for a long time. Collecting / using users’ data without their express consent should not be as accepted as it is.
minus-squareBaut [she/her] auf.@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoIsn’t that what the GDPR says?
minus-squarekoper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoIt’s what the ePrivacy directive says, yes. But some get around this by claiming that it’s necessary for the operation of the device/service (doubtful) or that it has limited effect on privacy (depends on exceptions created by member states)
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago Or, specifically, should be required to be opt-in only. Yes, in the same way that folks should be allowed to sell themselves into slavery. Oh wait. (In other words, some things are so inherently exploitative they should be prohibited even with “consent.”)
This shit should be illegal. Or, specifically, should be required to be opt-in only.
Data is a commodity, and has been for a long time. Collecting / using users’ data without their express consent should not be as accepted as it is.
Isn’t that what the GDPR says?
It’s what the ePrivacy directive says, yes. But some get around this by claiming that it’s necessary for the operation of the device/service (doubtful) or that it has limited effect on privacy (depends on exceptions created by member states)
Yes, in the same way that folks should be allowed to sell themselves into slavery.
Oh wait.
(In other words, some things are so inherently exploitative they should be prohibited even with “consent.”)