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How is that even legal?
by wiether 7mo ago
How is that even legal?
- stackskipton 7mo agoBecause it's not illegal. Most data privacy laws just require that user can see data collected about them and prevent sale of said data in optout fashion. There are rarely laws around preventing collection of said data or using said data for some new service.
- wiether 7mo agoBut it's not any data, it's political orientation data! Sometimes people talk about GDPR being only the cookie banner, but thanks to it, its forbidden to collect that kind of data. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-9-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-9-gdpr/
- natch 7mo agoThis is in the US. It’s a free country. Things are legal by default (that’s a good thing) until the system notices them and makes a law. Having seen how things work where freedom is not the default, I much prefer freedom.
- knowitnone3 7mo ago[dead]