Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by KronisLV on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:56AM
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Those are (nice) solutions to a problem that shouldn't be allowed to (legally) exist. The industry shouldn't be allowed to play clever with the ways to coerce their users into giving up their information just because they know that most of those users are not interested in navigating difficult dialogs.
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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by black_puppydog on Monday February 21, 2022 @03:22AM
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They shouldn't be allowed, and they aren't allowed. Actually the new digital services act [0] is shaping up to clarify these, but IIRC there have also been first cases decided in courts.
[0]: https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-parliament-takes-strong-sta...
Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by friendzis on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:54AM
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This particular behavior is actually illegal.
GDPR [Recital 32] clearly states that "Consent should be given by a clear affirmative act <...> Silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity should not therefore constitute consent."
[Recital 32]: https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-32/