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Nah, I don't think so. Google is a subcontractor. The owner of the website is using a service to track browser behaviour, and, perhaps erroneously, user ident
by j_not_j 5y ago
Nah, I don't think so.
Google is a subcontractor. The owner of the website is using a service to track browser behaviour, and, perhaps erroneously, user identities. The service is famous, but not unique.
What the subcontractor does with the data is the responsibility of the website owner -- if they allow Google to abuse the data owner (that is, misuse the PII of people visiting the website), then the website owner should be held responsible.
- V__ 5y ago> What the subcontractor does with the data is the responsibility of the website owner That's my issue. Since Google has legal entities in Europe they should be held accountable as well. Right now they are offering and marketing a service which is more or less illegal to use. If it were some company outside Europe, then yes by all means the website owner should make sure the 'subcontractor' is in compliance.
- pessimizer 5y ago> Google is a subcontractor. Are they though, if Google is providing the analytics and the ads? Seems more like the content provider is the subcontractor.
- talideon 5y agoI think you miss the point: Google are the data processor in this case. (In fact, as the body collecting the data, they also have shades of a data controller.) Doesn't matter if they're a subcontractor: they have responsibilities under the GDPR, because they're the ones holding onto that data. It's not like they're holding it in some form, passing it on to the website owner, and obliterating it. I would recommend searching for the terms "data processor" and "data controller" on the European Commission website. They have very clear explanations of the responsibilities for both.