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How is this not a blatant violation of EU GDPR? This is involuntary non informed tracking.
by hosteur 5y ago
How is this not a blatant violation of EU GDPR?
This is involuntary non informed tracking.
- woodruffw 5y agoMy understanding of the GDPR is that it doesn't apply if the analytics are fully anonymized, and only partially applies if the analytics are pseudonymous[1]. It's exceedingly likely that one of these cases applies, since the ID in question is tied to a single Mozilla installation, not individual user or even browser profile. [1]: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/data-protection/guidance-staff-students-and-researchers/practical-data-protection-guidance-notices/anonymisation-and https://www.ucl.ac.uk/data-protection/guidance-staff-student...
- marginalia_nu 5y agoAt the same time IP addresses have been ruled to be personal information. They very clearly don't uniquely identify a person, but are close enough that it doesn't matter as the GDPR is concerned. Unique identifiers in general are murky waters.
- sdoering 5y agoIt is PD (Personal Data). The same way an IP or any 'anonymous' identifier from web analytics is. So from my understanding of the GDPR regulations this is a clear violation.
- sdoering 5y agoI have just sent a complaint to the data protection officer responsible for me (of the German federal state in which I live). Let's see what happens (expectation: nothing).