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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by l0rn on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:50AM (#30135755)
german law doesn't really know "precedent cases". However it looks like a whole new industry of lawyers sueing pages embedding stuff could arise...
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by izacus on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:04AM (#30135866)
Leaking customer data to Cloudflare is also a very interesting question here.
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by ar0 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:12AM (#30135924)
They seem to count CDNs as "hosting providers" and yes, without the necessary legal frameworks in place, this is also a problem if that leaks user data: https://www.technologylawdispatch.com/2021/12/privacy-data-p...
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by blfr on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:40AM (#30136144)
What about "leaking" the IP to your server provider and all the networks between your user and site?
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by greggsy on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:12AM (#30135927)
If your website requires CF to reliably deliver data to customers, then it’s unlikely to cause much of a stir.
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by krehl on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:37AM (#30136120)
What about using e.g. Webflow? Can I leak the IP address of the customer if I don't know it myself?
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by fsloth on Sunday January 30, 2022 @06:04AM (#30135867)
Very good point, the courts in countries with common law work quite differently than where the courts are based on civil law. There is a quite large difference of the two systems.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law

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