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>prohibits businesses from denying service to users for exercising their rights under the bill. I believe the GDPR also includes this stipulation. I'm curious
by joejerryronnie 8y ago
>prohibits businesses from denying service to users for exercising their rights under the bill.
I believe the GDPR also includes this stipulation. I'm curious how this actually plays out. Are we saying that:
- Company A makes their money by selling/using data and offers their service for no other charge
- User can tell Company A that they want to use the free service but don't want to give away any of their data
- Company A must provide free service without recouping any of the cost
- How does Company A survive? (I'm talking about a legit, transparent use of data here, not some shady business model)
Will this work in the physical world? Can I go into a store and select an item I want to bring home but then refuse to give up my personal dollars?
- travmatt 8y agoWhat’s stopping those companies for offering those services at a cost for those customers who don’t want to pay with their data? Unless if the problem is the service being offered isn’t worth the privacy given up to use said service, but that falls back to the shady business model
- joejerryronnie 8y agoI think offering those services for a fee instead of data is a perfectly reasonable alternative. But it is my understanding that this violates the above condition.
- travmatt 8y agoI understand the thrust of your argument, but I interpret the meaning as not requiring the release of personal data as a precondition if using the service. I’d wager that if you could show that the price you’re charging isn’t attempting to be prohibitively high, then you would be compliant.