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In that point of view, it seems a rather unfair complaint It is an unfair complaint. But to be fair to the regulators, these complaints were filed by users, a
by downandout 8y ago
In that point of view, it seems a rather unfair complaint
It is an unfair complaint. But to be fair to the regulators, these complaints were filed by users, and may well be dismissed once reviewed by regulators. This type of unfair complaint will be an interesting test to see just how abusive the GDPR enforcers may or may not be.
- leereeves 8y agoThe real test is how Google behaves. Google shouldn't be collecting data from users who agreed to share their data based on outdated ToS that are no longer legally valid. They should ask for agreement to new GDPR-compliant terms just as they do for users who agreed to the old terms before GDPR was law.
- jve 8y agoWhy do you think that previous ToS was outdated and no longer legally valid? Why do you think consent given x years earlyer would not be valid?
- iainmerrick 8y agoBecause the new law says the user can’t be assumed to consent, unless the specific parts of the contract are stated more explicitly, are opt-in rather than opt-out, etc. The old ToS become invalid and unenforceable. If they stop collecting data for those users (at least until they opt in to an updated ToS) that would work around the problem.
- jve 8y agoAnyway, I'm in EU and I received mailon 12th may about updated privacy policy. In my native language that is used only by <2m ppl.