> How does this data sharing fit in with GDPR in EU? It actually doesn't fit at all. As long as "payment" for usage is based on agreement to share personal dat

> How does this data sharing fit in with GDPR in EU? It actually doesn't fit at all. As long as "payment" for usage is based on agreement to share personal data it is illegally obtained consent. Either they are ignoring their lawyers or they should fire them. EDPS Opinion 4/2017 on the Proposal for a Directive on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content, 14 March 2017, p. 7. "There might well be a market for personal data, just like there is, tragically, a market for live human organs, but that does not mean that we can or should give the market the blessing of legislation. One cannot monetize and subject a fundamental right to a simple commercial transaction, even if it is the individual concerned by the data who is a party to the transaction." https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/17-03-14_opinion_digital_content_en_0.pdf https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/17-03-14_...