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If you are buying a product/service and it says it won't do something (like sell your data) and does anyway, that's clearly wrong. They agreed to protect your p
by ajeet_dhaliwal 9y ago
If you are buying a product/service and it says it won't do something (like sell your data) and does anyway, that's clearly wrong. They agreed to protect your privacy. With services that state they will use your data to run targeted ads you are immediately accepting the loss of privacy.
- 2muchcoffeeman 9y agoBeing ad free is not the same as not tracking though. They are just saying, you get the version with no ads.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago"clearly wrong" means nothing if you can't win a law suit against megacorp's carefully worded legalese. "We use this information to improve the Service" means game over.
- astrange 9y agoI don't think that will hold up against GDPR.
- icebraining 9y agoIt won't, but despite the complaints that the GDPR reaches too far, it still only protects a minority of worldwide users.