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Aren‘t the ToS pulled from the web when you set it up with a google account? I doubt you‘re agreeing to two year old ToS.
by sveme 8y ago
Aren‘t the ToS pulled from the web when you set it up with a google account? I doubt you‘re agreeing to two year old ToS.
- ldjb 8y agoPossibly, but it still might not be possible for Google to provide a means to decline the ToS without issuing an update (which, as has been pointed out, wouldn't be possible to install anyway without accepting the ToS).
- madez 8y agoThen it's a device that does not comply the regulation and must not be sold.
- ldjb 8y agoSure, that argument could certainly be made. But unless someone is taken to court over this (or at the very least, threats are made), I think people will continue selling such phones. After all, most sellers aren't going to realise their products are in violation of the law.
- whyagaindavid 8y agoTerrible for the environment. Lets apply rules with common sense [1]. As much I am for privacy this kind of interpretation is very bad. 1. https://study.com/academy/answer/summarize-all-about-a-dog-by-a-g-gardiner.html https://study.com/academy/answer/summarize-all-about-a-dog-b...
- jkaplowitz 8y agoThe device could still be software-updated then sold, or sold outside the EU. Nobody is saying that it must be landfilled.
- ballenf 8y agoIf they flag compliant devices, it would be possible on the server side to limit data collected that comes in without the "GDPR-Compliant: true" flag.
- lloydsparkes 8y agoEven if the ToS are pulled from the web, it might just pull the document, not the UI, providing opt-outs, etc
- iainmerrick 8y agoThey could replace it with a document saying “There are no conditions of use. Enjoy your new phone!”