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> You can’t make access to your website’s content dependent on a visitor agreeing that you can process their data

Finally! Sites that require payment for their content need to return HTTP 402 Payment Required. Sites that make users pay with data should be fined with extreme prejudice.

"Continuing to use the website" isn't consent either. Why do these companies insist on being deliberately obtuse? They know exactly what they need to do but they would rather ask lawyers about how they can get away with not doing it. How hard is it to avoid surveiling people?



I guess it's not about what's hard, but what's more profitable.

Companies are not people - any ethics they have are only there because otherwise it would be bad for business.




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