EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
www.theregister.comPlatforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use
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I guess you didn’t read the article, then. This isn’t about them selling the data they gathered, only about letting you pay for an ad free experience.
No this is also not correct. Paying for an ad free experience still seems to be valid.
What was ruled here is, that it is not considered a free choice to choose between paying money or paying with your data to access the service.
According to the EU law the user consents to harvest the digital data must be freely given.