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by mattmanser 3062 days ago
Perhaps you should read the parable of King Canute?

Here's roughly what you must comply by, if you're not blocking the whole of the EU.

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-da...

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I'm not sure I understand what this means:

> Avoid making consent to processing a precondition of a service.

Does it mean I have to ensure my users can use the service even if I'm not allowed to "process" their data? I assume this must mean "processing" data for reasons not directly connected to the actual service. (E.g. using the data to gather business intelligence or sell it to third parties)