GDPR Complaint Filed Against dict.cc Over 1,741 Informed Consents
1,741 "informed" consents with one click? GDPR complaint filed
We filed a GDPR complaint against dict.cc for requesting consent to share user data with 1,741 partner companies. Reading all associated privacy policies would take over 170 hours, making truly informed consent impossible. We are urging the Austrian Data Protection Authority to order data deletion and impose fines to stop this widespread tracking practice.
It would take days or even weeks to properly read and understand the data protection policies of 1,741 companies. It is ridiculous to assume that this would allow for an informed decision.
- jtreitz
My Samsung TV which I bought 8 years ago now suddenly asks me if it's okay they share data with their over 200 partners. They have the nerves to headline this with "protect your privacy". Generally not a big fan of EU policing but I wish somebody sued them over this.
> Improving Your Experience and Protecting Your Privacy on Samsung TV Plus
> Samsung and our 264 partners use information about you and your device in order to provide, analyse and improve the Samsung TV Plus app. This includes the processing of personal data such as unique IDs for personalised advertising.
- xg15
Still wondering how "freely given, informed, specific and unambiguous" is fulfilled by "sure you can opt-out of tracking - by buying a premium subscription. Also, here are our 589 'partners' that all claim legitimate interest" but here we are.
- sensanaty
The EU just needs to make tracking of any kind full on illegal, especially targeted advertising. I don't give a shit if your business can't survive without invasive tracking of every single facet of your user's existence, you deserve to be shut down if that's your one and only viable business model.
- anon48293
Just ban ads already. I don’t want ads. I don’t want to be tracked. I should have the right to never interact with either, unless explicit, informed and single-button-revocable consent is given.
- tomkarho
These single click "informed" consent is akin to a bartender mixing you a drink with 30 different ingredients and hoping you don't notice they include cyanide and rohypnol.
- thinkingemote
A surprising number of sites that have consents do not actually do anything apart from set a flag.
They are not actually connected to disabling analytics, just connected to the banner itself.
It seems like no data privacy activists or automated scans actually look at whether the consents really work or not, just whether they have them!
- harrouet
I see so many sites that pretend that they have 350 /legitimate interest/ partners. Time to crack down on abuses.
- CodesInChaos
EU should simply outlaw tracking for advertisement purposes. Let's return to context based ads.