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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by nickpp on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:43AM (#30414203)
Comparing tracking with "dumping toxic waste into rivers" is comparing a breeze with a hurricane.

> Google could potentially come up with ways to make a Google Analytics that does abide by the law

I personally know of no way to have legal analytics under GDPR, as advised by multiple lawyers.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by sweetbitter on Monday February 21, 2022 @06:13PM (#30421988)
>I personally know of no way to have legal analytics under GDPR, as advised by multiple lawyers.

If this is truly the case, then these businesses must consider shifting to ethical business models to stay afloat. If not, then competition will steamroll them.

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