Comments on: GDPR vs. Freemium: why social media giants are winning https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/gdpr-vs-freemium-why-social-media-giants-are-winning/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Sean https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/gdpr-vs-freemium-why-social-media-giants-are-winning/#comment-1195236 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:22:40 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=206464#comment-1195236 Did not expect the twist in this that the two principal issues in all of data protection are … the legitimate interest lawful basis (which underpins so much processing of personal data by all companies and is usually uncontroversial) and cookie notices (albeit this seems to be confused with cookie banners and a general lack of awareness of the ePrivacy Directive). The writer of this would also be well advised to read up on strictly necessary cookies and why it would be foolish to require consent for their placement.

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