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Does this not violate European privacy laws?

• tosti 3mo ago
  Probably yes it does. Not that it matters when you hack a website to have some expensive jewelry sent to your home address.
  • deleted 3mo ago
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• Kipters 3mo ago
  GDPR only covers PII, this is a randomly generated ID that changes on every install on the OS. You can mix it with other info to track a user, but it's not enough to de-anonymize someone on its own.
  • tjoff 3mo ago
    If they associate it with a Microsoft account (or anything that is identifiable) then it becomes PII. And of course they are.
  • totaa 3mo ago
    unfortunately under GDPR, anonymous IDs are personal data as they are used to single out a data subject.
    • account42 3mo ago
      unfortunately???
• weberer 3mo ago
  So what if it does? They'll get hit with a fine that will be the equivalent of 6 hours of revenue as they continue to be bastards.