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I just received this email and can't believe it. > In this study an Online Usage Tracker is applied to track which websites you visit, by recording the URLs.
by kartikkumar 10y ago
I just received this email and can't believe it.
> In this study an Online Usage Tracker is applied to track which websites you visit, by recording the URLs.
How does this not violate EU privacy laws?
- gpvos 10y ago> you are invited to join our Online Behavior Research Panel Seems to be completely opt-in. No problems.
- kartikkumar 10y agoI would hope that "consent \neq legal". That opens up a huge can of worms, since they imply there would be harvesting EVERY url visted, not just hits on scopus, science direct etc.
- gpvos 10y agoOkay, didn't notice that. It was rather hard to read due to the absence of layout. Anyway, it can still be legal; you can agree to a lot of things, especially in the US. One question though would be whether it would be allowed by the institution you're working for; it seems like a massive data leak.
- kartikkumar 10y agoYea it does seem like the potential for a massive leak. I wonder if employees/academics are even allowed to consent to things like this one university premises.