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Is this legal?

• johnchristopher 8y ago
  Their site, their rules. Just like you can't read some forums unless you registered.
  • saagarjha 8y ago
    I’m assuming that this is paid access, right? Does the signup process mention this “hidden fee”?
    • eslaught 8y ago
      There are two levels. One has ads. One doesn't. Presumably they're doing this to force their ad-viewing users to actually watch the ads.
      • johnchristopher 8y ago
        Even though, paid printed newspapers have ads so I am not sure we should expect a paid subscription to be ad-free. But again I wouldn't like those ads to track me across other medias.
• EpicEng 8y ago
  What law would they be breaking exactly?
  • Skye 8y ago
    I am not fully sure about this, but it might be against the GDPR? From what I understand you aren't allowed to block someone if they opt out of non-essential stuff. However the GDPR hasn't been tried on anything like this yet, so it'll be interesting to watch in the future, but I am not expecting anything soon.
    • dedsm 8y ago
      CBS All Access is US-only AFAIK, so I don't think GDPR is a problem for them
      • dewey 8y ago
        US and just launched in Canada too.
        • Skye 8y ago
          Ah, then in that case, it's not against the GDPR, but if it was accessible from the EU, then it would be. In a way, this is the sort of thing the GDPR is designed to prevent.
    • mankash666 8y ago
      Please - go file a GDPR complaint