Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of Chrome browser change

Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by tedivm on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:12PM (#18061001)

For one thing they have completely different privacy policies. By signing into the chrome they are automatically forcing people to accept the privacy policy that is far less private than the when people aren't signed in.

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Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by _dmurph on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:39PM (#18061199)

This doesn't seem to be turning on Chrome Sync, so users aren't being forced into any privacy policy:

https://twitter.com/__apf__/status/1044109898013765632

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Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by tedivm on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:46PM (#18061270)

Read the actual privacy policy, not the tweet talking about it. Primary sources are always best.

> The personal information that Chrome stores won't be sent to Google unless you choose to store that data in your Google Account by signing in to Chrome.

That doesn't say "unless you enable sync", it says it changes "by signing in to Chrome". Since they're now forcing you to sign into chrome without your consent they are also forcing you to accept that they can send your data to their services without needing any additional permissions from you.

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Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by comex on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:53PM (#18062182)

Literally the next sentence after the one you quoted is:

> Signing in enables Chrome’s synchronization feature.

This is no longer true, so it seems most likely that that entire paragraph is simply out of date.

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Re:Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of ... by sp332 on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:54PM (#18061363)

Thanks, this is the first comment on the issue that actually made sense to me.

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