Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by dessant on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @03:47PM (#22240787)

I think the Widevine CDM request is needed for the service to function, though they could certainly delay it until a website requires DRM. GDPR allows the use of personal data without consent when it is required to provide a service for the user.

The personal data collected with the x-client-data header is not required for Google sites to function. Google uses the data to gain a technical advantage over other sites on the web, this is why the data collection in this case requires consent.

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by mokus on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @04:22PM (#22241124)

Whether consent is legally required or not, as a user I want that service, whatever it is, to not work until I consent to the exposure of my personal data. Given that it apparently has something to do with DRM, I would be disabling the service anyway.

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by baybal2 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:28PM (#22241764)

> Whether consent is legally required or not

Lets not guess it, lets file a complaint, and see if we can get Google sued for n billions of euros.

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