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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by xunn0026 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:52AM (#30136741)
So if I put a really giant mirror and burn your house at 3PM it's the Sun's fault?

The ruling is actually quite logical. The (convoluted) outcome is that the IP is leaked and it should take any tech person about 5 minutes to realise this.

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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by leobg on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:02PM (#30140010)
If I place a link that says “Search”, and instead of starting a search on my site, I send you to Google.com, your browser will connect to Google’s server and thus telling them your IP address. Such a hyperlink that does not clearly warn users that clicking it will cause you to connect to someone else’s server would also have to be illegal according to this ruling.
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Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us... by jeltz on Sunday January 30, 2022 @03:57PM (#30140995)
No, it is his house's fault for deciding to catch fire.
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