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Re:Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more t... by tpxl on Monday May 31, 2021 @04:49AM (#27341808)
Those are things you need for the website to work. Session/login cookies are examples of this. It also applies to other data, for example if you order something they have a legitimate interest to ask for and store your address (but only for the purposes of shipping, they cannot use it for anything else).

This has been twisted into "It's legitimate we track you because this is how we make money and we can't exist without money" which is obvious bullshit.

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Re:Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more t... by megous on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:31AM (#27342517)
GDPR says: "The processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes may be regarded as carried out for a legitimate interest." in its preface.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...

Anyway, flimsy legitimate interest excuses are easiest to override. You just object to data processing, then it's upon the other side to provide overriding reasons why their legitimate interest is more important than your "interests or fundamental rights and freedoms" of which right to object to data processing is one.

Almost nobody even tried to pass that hurdle when I objected to data processing. And those few that did try, I just sent them the decision to fine for almost identical situation (where a company tried to claim legitimate interest for mining data from public registries and sources and publishing them on a website) from my country's DPA. And that made them comply too.

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Re:Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more t... by dorgo on Monday May 31, 2021 @04:43PM (#27347878)
>You just object to data processing

The problem with objecting is that they claim to need to store your info for the future to exclude you from data gathering. And presumably give that blacklist to everybody else to "exlude" you.

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Re:Noyb aims to end “cookie banner terror” and issues more t... by megous on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:59PM (#27348470)
Fine by me, as long as they can't use it for anything else.
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