Re:Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
by ionised on Friday August 31, 2018 @04:32AM
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There are laws against them doing this in Europe.
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Re:Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
by Tharkun on Friday August 31, 2018 @10:01AM
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Are you referring to GDPR? As far as I can tell, the data is allegedly anonymous, so not subject to GDPR. Even if it weren't, Google doesn't exactly have a good track record of respecting privacy or privacy related laws. They've been known to "accidentally" harvest wifi traffic in bulk. They drive spy cars around taking pictures or everything and everyone.
Re:Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
by codedokode on Friday August 31, 2018 @11:54AM
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If they were anonymous Google wouldn't be able to match purchases against ad views or let users opt out. I suppose they are just exchanging something like a hash from customer data, so technically Google doesn't get personal information.