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    Comment #17213610

    It is somhow understandable, phones keep contacts, call history, smses, emails, gps location,... tablet is mostly the same as workstation. I don't see any reason why they even trye…

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    Comment #17205853

    Well actually this is the whole problem, US is obsessed with growth and I have seen great projects beeing shut down as there was no growth. They had steady flow of few millions of …

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    Comment #17173733

    Or credit card details ;)

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    Comment #17173530

    I think that the basic issue here regarding privacy is that only the ones breaking it are writting. There are literally millions that wont give upvote but want it. Google and Faceb…

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    Comment #17168346

    Silhuette, I am sorry, I have tryed to help you, thank others, maybe you/others will believe a lawyers in following months, but they wont be free. (And special thanks to HN, preven…

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    Comment #17167552

    Look, GDPR is not about technical means, it is about a concept. If the ICO proves to you that you are conceptually violating the GDPR by enabling 3rd party to violate it and you do…

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    Comment #17167449

    You don't understand it. It is your site, your users. If you enable 3rd party illegal tracking of your users by ANY means, it is your responsability too. To cover your back, you ne…

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    Comment #17167383

    That is exactly I was afraid of, google will have hard time defending this. Check my post below, I would be glad if you have some idea, but as far as I am concerned, anonymising IP…

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    Comment #17167367

    Yes, you are right, the opt-out is violating GDPR (unless it is about changing mind after giving opt-in - this is again required and must be as easy as giving consent), you have to…

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    Comment #17167173

    May I ask how GA anonymizes ip address? What algorythm do they have in place as doing sha-x over 4 numbers (0-255 with skipping some) separates by dots is reversable in seconds on …

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    Comment #17160911

    In victorian era, asbestos was used as a gods gift. Like plastic today, blooming bussiness. When they figured out that it hurts people, they forbid it. And? What's your point? Busi…

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    Comment #17160815

    That is actually an excelent question! The high quality news will be gladly paid for, while there will be far less clickbait sites as the ads revenues will drop. We will have less …

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    Comment #17160749

    But there is not going to be a pulic outcry, I was asking people around, also those that were using the "I have nothing to hide" phrase in past and they are all satisfied with the …

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    Comment #17160600

    Let me shed some light into this: I am having my own mail server and I am using a separate mail address (and now it will be close to 10 years of doing that) for every registration …

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    Comment #17160544

    May I ask what is not clear to you? I can try to help. As I can see it, it very simple, it is same thing as with borrowing someones car: - personal data (car) are any data that hav…

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    Comment #17157435

    Yeah but what they actually do is removing themself from market place. If I were looking for a startup, I would check for someone banning EU users, with prospective idea and copy w…

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    Comment #17151212

    Grace period was for past 2 years and it is over and surely, they will be warned first, but I bet noyb isn't the only one filling complaint. https://iapp.org/news/a/icos-wood-gdpr-…

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    Comment #17151091

    On first day of GDPR beeing enforcable, non profit organization (where main protagonist organized 25000 class action suit against facebook in 2014, but was rejected by court - now …

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    Comment #17138320

    Well, we can't be much smarter than this, we will see, but I am more concerned about this than GDPR on its own.

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    Comment #17138233

    Yes, I understood your point, but I think you are struggling with mine, you might not offer goods to EU, but your ads provider might. And by feeding it with GDPR protected data it …

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    Comment #17137876

    Exactly this is the problem of GDPR, user can lie, and you have no passive defense against it, you can't even make an excuse, you didn't know. You shouldn't even offer him a choice…