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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by tom_mellior on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @11:48AM (#17356472)
My understanding is that consent is not sufficient. In addition, data collection must directly serve a legitimate business purpose. Though I guess Facebook has lawyers willing to argue that anything they do serves their core business.
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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by mrmr1993 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:06PM (#17356649)
My reading of it was that you need either consent or a legitimate business purpose, not both.[0]

[0]: Article 6(1), https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...

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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by tom_mellior on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:36PM (#17356935)
Ah, yes. Agreed.
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