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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:06PM (#16362158)
That's not true. That's the purpose of the cookie law. If you continue to use a website that gives you the notice, you've given consent. You can still use blockers also.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by mziel on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:21PM (#16362308)
It's not "consent" as understood by GPDR and ePrivacy. You had no recourse not to give it, therefore it was not willing and informed.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:23PM (#16362335)
Not true, you can leave the website. The website of course has to not track you until you don't leave.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by mziel on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:28PM (#16362389)
Again, this is not deemed sufficient by GDPR. According to the law you can't condition the service you're providing on collecting unrelated (to that service) data.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:36PM (#16362481)
The GDPR doesn't apply to US companies. While the FB has EU offices right now, they're there for convenience only. They can close them next month and stop caring about the EU law.
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by mziel on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:40PM (#16362519)
| they're there for convenience only. They can close them next month

Citation needed? Facebook gets revenue from their ad network, which is used by European business customers and targets European users. Therefore they need to comply with European law.

Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:15PM (#16362239)
And if someone tags me in a photo?
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:20PM (#16362296)
Then they uploaded a picture they shouldn't have uploaded and the person who uploaded it should be sued (by you and possibly by Facebook because they broke the TOS that says you can only upload stuff that doesn't break the laws - and a photo of you that you didn't agree to be uploaded is against the laws)
Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by rhizome on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:24PM (#16362355)
a photo of you that you didn't agree to be uploaded is against the laws

I've never heard of this before, is it a part of GDPR?

Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by TomMarius on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:38PM (#16362497)
No, it's part of the basic privacy protection laws that every EU coutry has had for decades. It's the same law that says you can't share videos taken with a dashcam if you're recording in the public.