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Re:UBlock defaults to blocking Google Analytics tracking by Karunamon on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @09:41PM (#8921171)
Considering "their personal data" in this case consists of "what you clicked on my website", no, I don't think that should require any special permission.

I think you and I have different definitions of personal data. When I hear that phrase, I think things like addresses, income, contacts, and so forth, but not email or phone numbers (both of which are basically public info), and certainly not what you clicked on my site.

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Re:UBlock defaults to blocking Google Analytics tracking by nfoz on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @10:20AM (#8923428)
What someone clicks on websites is extremely sensitive private information. Extremely private sensitive matters of peoples' lives is directly observable in the things they click on websites.
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