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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by kelnos on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:39AM (#22125643)
What does that even mean? GDPR requires companies to request that people opt in to information gathering.
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by martin_a on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:50AM (#22125692)
And in reality, as long as no fear-mongering fines are handed out, companies will try to bypass it.

There would be ways to get control over this, but law is slow.

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by leni536 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:58AM (#22125726)
I rarely see opt in GDPR popups, it's typically "accept tracking" or "more options...", the latter seemingly sending you down an infinite rabbit hole. Well, now that I think about it, this might count as opt in, but this is definitely a dark pattern.
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by lokedhs on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:04AM (#22125757)
This is supposedly not allowed under the GDPR, but we're going to have to wait a while before this is actually tried in court.
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by tyfon on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:11AM (#22126890)
It's not, the consumer advocate in Norway has already released one report on the subject [1, PDF]

Pushing all this through the legal system will take some time but the watchdogs in different countries are not sitting idle.

[1] https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/201...

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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by mnw21cam on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:41AM (#22126733)
The other thing I often see is an "accept tracking" button, and a tiny "more options" link that just goes to a page explaining how to switch off cookies on your browser. I'm pretty sure that's not OK with GDPR as well.
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by kevsim on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:50AM (#22125695)
IANAL, but this is not entirely true. Under GDPR data can be used by claiming "legitimate interest" [0]. In the case of legitimate interest, the user needs to opt-out rather than opt-in.

0: https://www.gdpreu.org/the-regulation/key-concepts/legitimat...

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