TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across Europe

Re:TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across E... by ineedasername on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:04PM (#26156037)

Having to go through a menu of a few dozen items to see & choose what you'll allow to track you is annoying, but so long as sites are willing to track you in dozens of different ways there's really no way around it.

Sites win because exercising your privacy rights even under the GDPR is an inherently annoying thing to do.

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Re:TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across E... by dmitriid on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:21PM (#26156240)

> Sites win because exercising your privacy rights even under the GDPR is an inherently annoying thing to do.

Under GDPR:

- only cookies and data strictly required for the site's functionality don't require consent

- collection of any other data requires consent

- pre-ticked boxes, lack of "reject all" button, leading the user to click "allow all" and similar dark patterns are not consent, and are, strictly speaking, violating the law.

See? exercising your privacy rights under the GDPR should be extremely easy. Too bad the law isn't enforced vigorously enough.

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Re:TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across E... by nicbou on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @04:58PM (#26159294)

There's a way around it: uBlock Origin, a few extra filter lists, and a block on third party cookies.

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