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by gajnadsgjoas 744 days ago
What do you mean no privacy-preserving way? The subscription is the one
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Y-bar 744 days ago
"pay or okay" has been ruled illegal _on that specific site_ by the German Data Protection Agency: https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-tech-news-site-heisede-illega...
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Rinzler89 744 days ago
So why aren't they complying?
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Y-bar 744 days ago
As mentioned in the article the site maliciously complied by (barely) changing the behaviour, which meant that the complaint has been renewed:

> Felix Mikolasch, Data Protection Lawyer at noyb: “It seems that the LfD's decision has already been overtaken by the latest version of the "Pay or Okay" banner. We will of course go back to the LfD and continue to fight this practice.”

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vetinari 744 days ago
It is not. By subscribing you uniquely identify yourself, with your real-world identity. Is is not necessary to use tracking cookies, when you log-in with your credentials.
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