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by pixel8account 933 days ago
>If the data protection authority or the law is to be believed, that's not freely given consent

It's not. You can report this to an appropriate civil authority and in theory it'll be resolved (possibly with a fine). In practice the authorities are still so overwhelmed by GDPR that they will only look at the most severe high profile cases. Fingers crossed one day it'll improve...