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Re:ECJ finds IAB Europe responsible for TCF consent spam pop... by mrtksn on Thursday March 07, 2024 @07:32AM (#39628275)
Not true at all, USA begin to care about it too with foreign companies(TikTok) gaining traction in the American market. Up until now, these tech giants were all American and therefore under American control in American jurisdiction. For EU, it was always the case that the dominant tech giants were foreign - only setting up shops in EU for tax purposes. Besides EU, other countries have protections in place too.
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Re:ECJ finds IAB Europe responsible for TCF consent spam pop... by diggan on Thursday March 07, 2024 @07:43AM (#39628383)
> Not true at all, USA begin to care about it too with foreign companies(TikTok) gaining traction in the American market

I'm not sure banning foreign competitors count as "caring about internet privacy". Has there been anything lately to actually protect internet privacy in the US?

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Re:ECJ finds IAB Europe responsible for TCF consent spam pop... by troupo on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:07AM (#39628596)
There's California's Consumer Privacy Act: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa
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Re:ECJ finds IAB Europe responsible for TCF consent spam pop... by sph on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:19AM (#39628707)
The US government's interest in TikTok is mostly a question of national security, not privacy.

If they wanted to fight for privacy, they wouldn't have to go to China to find egregious mishandling of personal data. There are plenty of examples well within their borders.

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Re:ECJ finds IAB Europe responsible for TCF consent spam pop... by clawoo on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:51AM (#39629034)
> Not true at all, USA begin to care about it too with foreign companies(TikTok) gaining traction in the American market.

You can't seriously believe this. It's quite obvious that the TikTok debacle is mostly a protectionist measure for Facebook & Google who are looking to get their money's worth for their lobby.

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