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governorkeagan@lemdro.id to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 2 years ago

German court declares “Do Not Track” to be legally binding

www.vzbv.de

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German court declares “Do Not Track” to be legally binding

www.vzbv.de

governorkeagan@lemdro.id to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 2 years ago
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Gericht untersagt Datenschutzverstöße von LinkedIn
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Landgericht Berlin gibt Klage des vzbv gegen die LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company weitgehend statt
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    Next question: How to get the whole EU to take this legal position?

    • DarkThoughts@kbin.social
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      I could see it happen eventually. Would definitely be the best outcome for this whole consent banner madness.

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    Well, let’s see how tue whole IT world weasels out of this one.

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      “oh we can’t possibly understand that field, as there is no agreed industry standard for how to treat it” - Get out, you know exactly what it means.

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        Bein forced to accept this would make their whole dark pattern cookie bullshit useless, sooooo

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      It’ll be interesting for sure! Specifically the big tech companies (looking at you Meta, Google, Microsoft)

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    Title in English, article in German… not great.

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      Yeah, true. But maybe the perfect time to try the new translation feature in Firefox? __

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        I don’t like or trust software translation. It’s often clunky, feels unnatural, and misses important nuance.

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          Then use an addon that uses translation services like Google or DeepL? Or hire an actual translator if you feel that’s also unacceptable.

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            Or learn the language, by FOSS means ofc. Make sure to check the licence for each word and verify the GPG key.

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    Good luck enforcing it.

  • Vexz@kbin.social
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    The title is misleading. The article only talks about LinkedIn.

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      It’s called legal precedence.

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    Kinda makes me want to move to Germany…

  • Kilarh E'uddel@lemmy.today
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    Hell yes!

    Now if only this type of ruling would happen everywhere.

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