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> Which is why websites are not allowed to make their service conditioned on consent to tracking Is that clear yet? Because most bigger newspapers in Germany d
by Semaphor 4y ago
> Which is why websites are not allowed to make their service conditioned on consent to tracking
Is that clear yet? Because most bigger newspapers in Germany do exactly that, try Spiegel.de
- hnbad 4y agoI wouldn't be surprised if German data protection agencies give news "publishers" more leeway given that they seem to be extremely influential in other domains of digital law in Germany. But yeah, it's debatable whether "my business model depends on showing you ads from services that harvest your data via those ads" is a legitimate interest. If it is, that sets a bad precedent IMO.
- Semaphor 4y agoFWIW, many of the data protection agencies are nowhere near as corrupt as other places. But those things tend to require court decisions.