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AFAIK, it's on them. They can't track you without explicit consent, and they can't force you to consent to improper tracking in order to use the service. By imp
by kungtotte 8y ago
AFAIK, it's on them. They can't track you without explicit consent, and they can't force you to consent to improper tracking in order to use the service. By improper I mean something that's not literally required for the service to function; a newsletter obviously needs to know email addresses to work since that's the core operation of the service.
- briandear 8y agoIsn’t revenue literally required for a service to function? Who pays for the server costs?
- speakeron 8y agoNothing stops a site showing ads; they just have to think of creative ways to target them. It's a new opportunity, as all changes of environments are.
- virgilp 8y agoThey are free to put up paywalls. GDPR legislates that personal information can't be used as currency - not that you can't ask for payment.
- jiveturkey 8y agobut it can. you just need consent.
- virgilp 8y agoYou can't condition service on consent (if you only need the consent for revenue, not in order to provide actual service)
- fjsolwmv 8y agoWhat is "the service"? Why can't personalized ads be part of my service? I can how selling personal data isn't part to the service, but the ad content displayed to a user is.
- kungtotte 8y agoIf you're a newspaper for example, personalized ads isn't part of your service which is to present news. So you can't make presenting the news conditional on accepting ad tracking. You're free to have ad tracking as long as it is optional and by explicit consent only.
- OJFord 8y agoBut you can use a paywall... So can you say 'pay, with either cash or personal information'?