Re:GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by us...
by zinekeller on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:46AM
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>> and another one notifying him that he's being redirected outside of the domain he's in
> There is rarely a reason to redirect to other domains. The most common case is making outbound links go through a redirect for tracking purposes - and that I won't miss.
You misunderstand this part, which is forgivable if you're outside Germany. This is about the mandatory "You're leaving X, we do not have control on their data collection or endorse this site's contents. Do you want to continue?" you'll see on German-language website because a court in Hamburg says that they're implicitly liable if they didn't state that.
> There is rarely a reason to redirect to other domains. The most common case is making outbound links go through a redirect for tracking purposes - and that I won't miss.
You misunderstand this part, which is forgivable if you're outside Germany. This is about the mandatory "You're leaving X, we do not have control on their data collection or endorse this site's contents. Do you want to continue?" you'll see on German-language website because a court in Hamburg says that they're implicitly liable if they didn't state that.