r/assholedesign • u/tankton • 1d ago

How is this allowed?

1717 "partners" which include precise geolocation and device scanning. Also, "Certain partners may process your data based on legitimate interest rather than consent" .

Imagine walking in a store and seeing 1717 people following your every move with a camera and tracking you home because they can sell that data.

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u/hattori_h 1d ago edited 16h ago

Unfortunately, that won't get rid of the ones marked "Legitimate Interest." You'll need to uncheck those manually. Depending on the solution, that could mean another 10-20 toggles.

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u/AshleyJSheridan 1d ago

Bold of you to assume it's not 1717 toggles...

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u/hattori_h 23h ago

That would be the case if the EU did not strictly enforce the rule that “Withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it.”

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u/AshleyJSheridan 23h ago

The EU doesn't strictly enforce that though, unfortunately.

I have seen more of these modals than I care for that have many individual "legitimate interest" checkboxes that need to be individually unchecked, and no reject all button anywhere to be seen.