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GDPR complaints say Amazon, Spotify, and others are breaking EU law

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And that person is 100% right.

Those companies do not provide the data as a downloadable file because if they do, makes incredibly easy to jump services (for those who aren't familiar, it's impossible to download a list with our library of added songs)

What does a list of your music has to do with your personal data?

How naive. Spotify playlists are now sponsored, so if they know what music you like and can predict what you will listen to in the next few days, they can offer playlists that you will likely play.

When I played music using iTunes or MPD, it would never take my list of favourite songs and then try to predict which sponsored playlist I'm most likely to click on. In exchange for access to music, you're giving up your own data and then not being able to easily replicate your music library elsewhere.

Yep, data portability is a key pillar of GDPR. I like it!

And the website reporting it blatantly violates GDPR by making it hard to opt-out from tracking (which should be opt-in or not at all)... We really need to change the way we monetize internet

Feel free to "opt out" by getting a VPN and putting your browser in private mode.

That’s not how it supposed to work. Ask an average Joe to execute these steps and observe the looks on their face.

The average Joe is going to get tracked then. Most companies outside of the EU are never going to respect the GDPR.

If you want to "not get tracked" you have to take things into your own hands.

The browser/os/hardware footprint plus the fact you’re using an VPN allows for your identification even with the private browsing on.

I suspect that the lawyers of major players (FANG etc), have done their GDPR homework, and they have a handle on what they can get away with.

On the other hand, the web sites a lot of news agencies and smaller players seem to be run by cowboys, and eventually some of them are probably going to pay the price.

Nothing novel or new here, as far as I can tell. Haven't lots of people filed GDPR complaints against there companies already? If there had been a verdict of some sort then this post would be a lot more interesting, but AFAIK there haven't been any major court orders on this matter?

The idea is that the people behind noyb can bring more experience, professionalism and better finances to the table than some other individuals/groups.

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