Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
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Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#2Except its not ‘in practice’ because gdpr does not require such thing. In spirit, maybe
[i.e. practically they wouldn't be fined for this]
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#3Except its not ‘in practice’ because gdpr does not require such thing. In spirit, maybe [i.e. practically they wouldn't be fined for this]
It might be reasonable to conclude that, in practice, GDPR has caused a number of companies to their re-assess data collection and retention hygiene (even beyond the minimum bounds of the law). In particular, this change seems to be a very charitable or expansive reading of the requirement under the GDPR for companies not to collect more than is necessary -- as the post ends by noting.
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#4Wtf?! Why is micro payment processor even recording browser history?!
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#5Except its not ‘in practice’ because gdpr does not require such thing. In spirit, maybe [i.e. practically they wouldn't be fined for this]
It's literally "in practice" if companies are doing this because of GDPR. The fact that they are misinterpreting the guidelines doesn't change the fact that they are making decisions on what they believe are the guidelines.
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#6Wtf?! Why is micro payment processor even recording browser history?!
From the article:
"Flattr subscribers make a voluntary payment from 3 USD/month, install the company’s browser extension which collects their browsing history, and then Flattr divides their subscription fee out among the creators and websites they spent the most time on."
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#7Except its not ‘in practice’ because gdpr does not require such thing. In spirit, maybe [i.e. practically they wouldn't be fined for this]
What they’ve done is much cheaper to develop and maintain than implement more granular data deletion tools. Especially when they really don’t need to store the data any longer than one billing period.
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#8Except its not ‘in practice’ because gdpr does not require such thing. In spirit, maybe [i.e. practically they wouldn't be fined for this]
It's literally "in practice" if companies are doing this because of GDPR. The fact that they are misinterpreting the guidelines doesn't change the fact that they are making decisions on what they believe are the guidelines.
Well, it's like calling a common pointer error "C in practice". You're not wrong, it's just viewing it at a particular angle.
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#9Wtf?! Why is micro payment processor even recording browser history?!
Are you new to the internet? Everyone does it.
Re: Flattr now deletes your web browsing history within 3 months
#10Except its not ‘in practice’ because gdpr does not require such thing. In spirit, maybe [i.e. practically they wouldn't be fined for this]
But it does.
> “The controller shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures for ensuring that, by default, only personal data which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing are processed. That obligation applies to the amount of personal data collected, the extent of their processing, the period of their storage and their accessibility. […]”
― GDPR: Article 25 Data protection by design and by default: Paragraph 2
> “The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay [when] the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;”
― GDPR: Article 17 Right to erasure: Paragraph 1: Point A