EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis
a year ago by brot to c/technology
The CA Prop 65 warning is a perfect example of this. Most people just ignore it because it's on everything (which probably isn't inaccurate, especially when most products contain some type of plastic).
2025 is a banger year for open source and internet freedom.
2025 is certainly a year. What kind of year it is depends on which country you live in.
I don't really see how this ruling is helpful. The reasoning seems to confirm the view that the Fediverse is legally very problematic.
How? I just read the full text of that website, and I couldn't find any language in there that would harm the fediverse.
Federation means that personal data is sent to anyone who spins up an instance. What legal basis is there for that? These guys and their lawyers weren't able to figure one out.
What is legally defined as personal data in this case? Public usernames, public posts, or private messages to another instance, which states clearly that messages aren't private and to use Matrix instead? Or is there something else?
It sounds like it would be relatively easy to fix, but I worry it will strengthen monopolistic tendencies.
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From the article:
"Today's court's decision shows that the consent system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of millions of Europeans. The tech industry has sought to hide its vast data breach behind sham consent popups. Tech companies turned the GDPR into a daily nuisance rather than a shield for people." [Dr Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties]
Today’s judgement confirms the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s 2022 decision. It applies immediately across Europe.
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