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A comment on Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by Mozilla. Parent comment

Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by bluecalm on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:50AM (#37444301)
In EU it's very illegal. You can't tie consent to use personal data which isn't absolutely necessary to provide the service. If it wasn't car companies (pet EU regulators industry) we would be talking about billions in fines already.
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Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by cccbbbaaa on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:06AM (#37444382)
It is possible; maybe you are mistaking it for other legal basis such as legitimate interest. Or maybe I get this wrong?

But you are right that this is illegal, because just sitting in a car is not a “specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes”, which mandatory for consent (GDPR article 4(11)). Neither it is “transparent” (GDPR article 6(1)a).

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Re:Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by... by janosdebugs on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:15AM (#37444445)
Even if you can justify something with legitimate interest, which is a huge if, the data subject must be informed and have the option to object.
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