Observer1199Sep 26, 2023

This is not ok

https://lemmy.ml/post/5536310

This is not ok - Lemmy

Saw this today and now I’m reconsidering if Boost is right for me. I’m really hoping this is shitty boiler plate that was accidentally copied and over looked because that is some bullshit to say “unless we decide we want to use your personal data for whatever we want”. I know “legitimate interest” is a phrase from the cookies law but there is no legitimate interest justification for this. My data is my data and advertisers can fuck off, as can Boost if this the direction it’s going.

Show threadGiantFloppyCockSep 26, 2023
legitimate interest is a shitty data privacy loophole
Show threadMurvel
It’s a clause within GDPR which is usually misinterpreted and sometimes (as is most probably the case here) abused.
What does ‘grounds of legitimate interest’ mean?

Grounds of legitimate interest is a legal ground for processing data, but conditions have to be met under EU law.

European Commission
Sep 26, 2023 at 11:39amWeb
Show threadjj4211Sep 26, 2023

Ok, that is informative. Without that specific context, that message is utterly empty and useless.

Of course, it still feels weird, that “legitimate interest” seems a subjective term and maybe they could have found some better phrasing to reflect this sentiment…

Show threadGestridSep 26, 2023
From the dev has said, it sounds like it’s Google’s language, not his. So he probably doesn’t have any control over the phrasing.
Show threadjj4211Sep 27, 2023

Right, I was thinking not the developer, not the ad network, but all the way back to the wording of GDPR.

In fact, it feels like an ad network cannot have a “legitimate interest” in personal information of someone who opts out. If they count targeted advertising without consent as “legitimate interest”, seems like GPDR is significantly less useful.