Alexander Hanff (@thatprivacyguy@eupolicy.social)
eupolicy.social
Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies. Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service. In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      I am not obligated to sit dutifully with the volume up when ads play on my tv.

      Nor am I obligated to allow ads to load within my browser.

      They send the data they want me to display, down to every element on the page. It is fully within my rights to choose which elements are allowed to load on my computer.

      And I wont be fuckin guilt tripped that the billion dollar company will make a fraction of another billion less dollars this quarter over my decisions to do so.

        • 9bananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          TOS are neither the law, nor are they vetted for legality by anyone working in law enforcement.

          TOS very often contain straight up illegal clauses; they are largely meaningless.

            • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Thats such an incoherent response.

              If you think it had nothing to do with the convo, maybe you shouldnt be chiming in on adult conversations until you can follow them.

                • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  If a company is writing illegal requirements, there is no moral backing for following them. They arent allowed to ask it of you.

                  Go get your sippie and blankie. This conversation is too mature for you to handle.

      • online@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the typical terms of service or privacy policy even mention that you, as a user, have the power to reject tracking cookies, tracking pixels, etc. via your browser configuration and third party tools? As far as I know, the YouTube ToS and Privacy Policy also mention these things. I just tried to read it but they seem to have broken it up into a sprawling multi-site multi-page document where I can’t find the legalese to ctrl+f and pore over.

        Can anyone find these documents, so I can read through them please?

        Edit:

        I found it: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en#intro

        There are other ways to control the information Google collects whether or not you’re signed in to a Google Account, including:

        • Browser settings: For example, you can configure your browser to indicate when Google has set a cookie in your browser. You can also configure your browser to block all cookies from a specific domain or all domains. But remember that our services rely on cookies to function properly, for things like remembering your language preferences.
        • Device-level settings: Your device may have controls that determine what information we collect. For example, you can modify location settings on your Android device.