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by twoneurons 1522 days ago
>The EU believes that privacy is a human right that everyone should have

Specially from the moment that political position can procure them financial rents, and a good pretext to stop the penetration of american companies in the economy.

And no, I am from a country inside the EU, and I am appalled at how the Brussels bureaucrats keep interfering in my relations with companies.
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GekkePrutser 1521 days ago
They don't really interfere. If you want to be data-mined by Google you're free to do so. That's what those cookie forms are for.

They're just giving those of us that don't want to an option to not be tracked (at least in theory)

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dmitriid 1522 days ago
When asked, 90% of people seaid no to "Do you ant to be tracked" popup that iOS introduced.

So yeah, it's clear that:

1. Most people do not want for companies to collect more data than necessary

2. GDPR in no way, shape, or form interferes with "you relations with companies" if those companies, you kno, actually followed the law. You'd get a simple "yes/no" question, you'd click yes, and everybody else would click "no".

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