Post #3836937

2026-07-08 05:40 UTC

In EU this would be a massive GDPR breach and cost the company €20 million or 4% of the company’s total worldwide annual turnover** In Germany you face Up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine for transferring data to a third party you weren’t authorized to share. In France Collecting data by fraudulent, unfair, or unlawful means carries up to 5 years. In California CCPA allows fines up to $7,500 per intentional violation (e.g per customer) they disclose that shit, just in a very vague way to allow a wide interpretation of what was disclosed. Firstly misleading disclosures are not valid under both GDPR & CCPA GDPR - Consent must be “freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous” CPRA definies “dark patterns” as a user interface designed to subvert or impair user autonomy, decision-making, or choice and states outright: agreement obtained through use of dark patterns does not constitute consent.

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@M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2026-07-08 05:58

Urgh, come now. This is currently happening and yes it is likely a breach of EU laws, but it is happening now. Multiple auto companies have been caught doing it, its not a theoretical what if. Like many things if the government does not enforce (but instead gives a fine) then it does not matter what the law says. You sound like those people saying murder can’t happen since it is illegal, but they are just taking the piss.

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@Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-08 06:16

has anyone gone to jail through gdpr? also, really cool stuff collecting all this info thank you. but yeah, i don’t see this conversation going any further, laws state one thing, reality is a-whole-nother. especially when the rich are involved. i hope to God you are right about all this, i really do, I’ve just seen it enough times to know…

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