I'm not convinced about the editorialized "may spell the death". It just means that if Facebook wants their Like buttons to be used by companies serving the EU, they will need to take steps that those companies are confident that they obey the law. Assuming that Facebook benefit from the arrangement, why wouldn't they do this?
EU Court of Justice ruling may spell the death of social like and share buttons
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#12If like buttons will be disallowed for privacy reasons, shouldn't the same also apply to Google captcha? That would be a relief.
As much as I hate to say this, a case could be made that recaptcha provides a valuable service in exchange for this data without which the service could not work well or would be significantly degraded.
Re: EU Court of Justice ruling may spell the death of social like and share buttons
#13If like buttons will be disallowed for privacy reasons, shouldn't the same also apply to Google captcha? That would be a relief.
As much as I hate to say this, a case could be made that recaptcha provides a valuable service in exchange for this data without which the service could not work well or would be significantly degraded.
The legitimate interests basis would be easier to argue at least.