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My understanding is that most commenters are less critical of this specific implementation, but are alarmed by how this new technique could be used by other mor
by fanso99 4y ago
My understanding is that most commenters are less critical of this specific implementation, but are alarmed by how this new technique could be used by other more nefarious parties in the future.
Counting visits is probably still not a fully GDPR-complaint use case, as the server stores data on the client's machine which is indistinguishable from a cookie containing a counter.
- Hnrobert42 4y agoIANAL, but I spent a lot of time talking to them about GDPR. First, this data does not and could not be used, if implemented as described in the post, to uniquely identify someone. As such, it is not personal data and not in scope of GDPR. Second, DPAs have bigger fish to fry.
- account42 4y agoI'm pretty sure the police will also have bigger fish to fry than someone who nicks your wallet. But somehow I don't don't you'd see that as a good argument for why that behavior shouldn't be accepted.