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by mtaksrud 2953 days ago
True that the text doesn’t say this, but several of the privacy authorities in the different jurisdictions in Europe have been stating this publicly in interviews. The last one I saw was the ICO in the UK today on BBC Click saying exactly this...
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The text is what matters. You cannot defend yourself in court with the content of interviews.
Actually, you can in Europe. Context of law is more important than letter of law, as opposed to the US.
Of course you can. Otherwise what would be the point of them in the first place?
...and maybe you should take a look at something like this https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/resources-and-support/d...