Alexander Hanff (@[email protected])
eupolicy.social
Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies. Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service. In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
    • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneBannedEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Their obvious solution to this is make you consent to it or you can’t use YouTube.

      • noodle (he/him)@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        which isn’t GDPR-compliant. you can’t force people to accept tracking if the service doesn’t require it to work.

        • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneBannedEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Does it count as tracking though? What private or personal data is it? I’d also say that it’s at the very least grey area since all they’re doing is trying to prevent people from using their service in unintended ways, ie without ads.

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org
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        2 years ago

        Thanks!

        The picture was shared on other social media sites, I did not see it mentioned in Lemmy or similar.