Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by smt88 on Monday February 21, 2022 @06:47AM
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> You choose to tell the doctor private information because of patient-doctor confidentiality. The other type of “private information” is collected by observing you in public (e.g. in a Walmart).
I think this distinction is irrelevant. The salient questions are:
- Is this information private and potentially damaging to me?
- Do I expect [third party] to have access to it?
This is especially important if [third party] can be a government. In the massive web of interconnected buyers/sellers of adtech data, there is no reason to expect that oppressive governments will be unable to get anything they want.
But to address your point:
I absolutely do not expect "observing in a public place" to include personal conversations and/or data about exactly what products my eyes land on.
This is not a reasonable comparison. You choose to tell the doctor private information because of patient-doctor confidentiality. The other type of “private information” is collected by observing you in public (e.g. in a Walmart).