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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by true_religion on Thursday February 10, 2022 @08:55AM (#30285989)
Well, you can totally contribute to a privacy violating network … so long as the data is located and processed in France.

They are only tryin to keep their monopoly on government oversight which is reasonable for a governing body (our citizens = our control).

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by pgeorgi on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:48AM (#30286784)
> so long as the data is located and processed in France.

... you also have to ask for permission first.

The main difference is that for a data processor in France it seems possible to get all the right contracts in place, while a US based data processor is incapable of doing that thanks to FISA and similar US initiatives.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by Nextgrid on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:57AM (#30286956)
> you can totally contribute to a privacy violating network … so long as the data is located and processed in France.

While that's not the issue being discussed here, you should by default only collect & process the minimum amount of data needed for the product/service to function. Analytics aren't part of that and would need to be opt-in.

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by viro on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:15AM (#30286238)
That's why this whole thing is nothing but protectionism.
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