Re:U.S. lawmaker: 'Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress'
by Karunamon on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:27AM
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AFAIK, the GDPR explicitly makes it illegal for a company to operate on a “pay with your data” basis. So no, they can’t.
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Re:U.S. lawmaker: 'Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress'
by endless1234 on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:39AM
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How so? The users just have to give their consent for it.
Re:U.S. lawmaker: 'Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress'
by Karunamon on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @09:00AM
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Because you can't have access to the service conditional on the consent.
Re:U.S. lawmaker: 'Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress'
by etatoby on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:38AM
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So are we going to lose access to Google and most other services? Because they are effectively "pay with your data"
Re:U.S. lawmaker: 'Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress'
by mrep on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @10:54AM
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If gdpr had its way, then yes, you would probably lose access to google and pretty much the rest of the web.
Right now, most companies are skirting around the law though so we will have to wait and see the real effects once the lawsuits start settling.