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I'm confused.. the article claims the extensions doing the clickstream gathering are illegal... but that the collected data is 'supposed to' be anonymized? Supp
by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
I'm confused.. the article claims the extensions doing the clickstream gathering are illegal... but that the collected data is 'supposed to' be anonymized? Supposed to by what standard? If they're already breaking the law by gathering the data, why would they bother to anonymize it?
- gcp 9y agoBreaking the law in Europe != breaking the law in the country where the click-stream gathering company sits.
- sleepychu 9y agoNot all data collection is illegal, legal data collection requires anonymisation for sale.
- tmnvix 9y agoIllegal in Europe. Maybe by 'anonymising' the data they are satisfying the legal requirements of some other jurisdiction(s).