In Spain it was explicitly ruled to be legal. Ughhhhhhhhhh
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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
itsralC@lemm.ee 2 months ago
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Wait, surely if the ruling in the article was made at a central EU court, and it pertains to an EU law, then it would supersede the Spanish ruling?
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Ughhhhhh
shoresy@lemmings.world 2 months ago
I’ve never read an answer from an attorney specializing in GDPR, but I’ve been seeing this for years. It’s very popular in Germany and seems to have spread to the rest of the EU.
I assume it’s catching on more recently because I’ve started to see people asking about it online more frequently.
In my layman’s understanding, it’s compliant with the law because they still provide a way to opt out of cookies and no one is entitled to read their articles for free.
So the choice is pay or allow tracking.
Tbh, you can easily just open the link in an incognito window, or if you’re paranoid, an incognito/private window of a browser you never use. Then once you close the window, their cookies get wiped anyway.
gjoel@programming.dev 2 months ago
You pay with your privacy, which I believe isn’t permitted (Don’t quote me, I don’t know anythin). It’s basically the same thing Meta is doing. If you could see the ads without the additional tracking (ie. generalized ads) that would be fine.