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Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HipPriest@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fraud prevention is a legitimate interest and does not need a consent request.
I'm pretty sure that is specifically called out in GDPR. Certainly ICO (UK) has loads of articles on it.

However legitimate interests are often difficult to demonstrate compliance, so it can be easier to rely on consent.

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Imagine if fraud prevention mechanisms were ineffective if you do not consent to targeted advertising.

Black Hat: Darts! These darks patterns got me again, I accidentally consented, now I won't be able to bypass the captcha!