I read that it’s “opt out” not “opt in”.
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grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoWhat do you mean, “illegal?” If the phone user consents to turning it on, that makes it legal.
I hate to defend Google, but I will absolutely defend single-party consent for recording. Don’t like it? Don’t fucking call me in the first place.
plz1@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
You need to opt in to the public beta. Once it’s out of beta… Who knows!
gopher@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
In many places call recording (or indeed processing of personal information which is highly likely to be present in phone calls) requires consent to be legal. I highly doubt this kind of processing is legal in the EU without both parties consenting.
Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
As is stated, the call is processed locally in the user’s device. If that holds true, there is no recording and no third party processing going on. Your point does not make sense.
gopher@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
The person owning the phone is the processor of the data in this case. That still requires consent from the data subject per gdpr.
Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
No, that’s ridiculous.
ouch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In Finland recording calls and meetings you participate in is legal, without need to give notice or ask for consent. And necessary, because spoken contracts are as valid as written ones, and you need to be able to prove the existence of such contract.
I haven’t heard of any EU countries where call recording would not be legal. Would be interesting to hear from people who live in EU.