It gives you two options: 1) consent to tracking and data collection, with a vague promise that you can withraw your consent later; 2) become a paying subscriber.
GDPR says that "When assessing whether consent is freely given, utmost account shall be taken of whether, inter alia, the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is conditional on consent to the processing of personal data that is not necessary for the performance of that contract". Shouldn't that mean that forcing consent in order to allow someone to read an article is not consent freely given?
Re:Dark patterns in GDPR consent boxes
by pkursawe on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:49AM
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I hope they already see their page hit number decline.
There is no way to get over this box with DNT in the header either.
If it would be only for me, Der SPIEGEL can die already.
https://www.spiegel.de
It gives you two options: 1) consent to tracking and data collection, with a vague promise that you can withraw your consent later; 2) become a paying subscriber.
GDPR says that "When assessing whether consent is freely given, utmost account shall be taken of whether, inter alia, the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is conditional on consent to the processing of personal data that is not necessary for the performance of that contract". Shouldn't that mean that forcing consent in order to allow someone to read an article is not consent freely given?
https://gdpr.eu/gdpr-consent-requirements/