← Back to context Comment by contubernio 1 day ago Does this not violate European privacy laws? 7 comments contubernio Reply tosti 1 day ago Probably yes it does. Not that it matters when you hack a website to have some expensive jewelry sent to your home address. weberer 1 day ago So what if it does? They'll get hit with a fine that will be the equivalent of 6 hours of revenue as they continue to be bastards. Kipters 1 day ago GDPR only covers PII, this is a randomly generated ID that changes on every install on the OS.You can mix it with other info to track a user, but it's not enough to de-anonymize someone on its own. tjoff 1 day ago If they associate it with a Microsoft account (or anything that is identifiable) then it becomes PII.And of course they are. totaa 1 day ago unfortunately under GDPR, anonymous IDs are personal data as they are used to single out a data subject. account42 1 day ago unfortunately???
tosti 1 day ago Probably yes it does. Not that it matters when you hack a website to have some expensive jewelry sent to your home address.
weberer 1 day ago So what if it does? They'll get hit with a fine that will be the equivalent of 6 hours of revenue as they continue to be bastards.
Kipters 1 day ago GDPR only covers PII, this is a randomly generated ID that changes on every install on the OS.You can mix it with other info to track a user, but it's not enough to de-anonymize someone on its own. tjoff 1 day ago If they associate it with a Microsoft account (or anything that is identifiable) then it becomes PII.And of course they are. totaa 1 day ago unfortunately under GDPR, anonymous IDs are personal data as they are used to single out a data subject. account42 1 day ago unfortunately???
tjoff 1 day ago If they associate it with a Microsoft account (or anything that is identifiable) then it becomes PII.And of course they are.
totaa 1 day ago unfortunately under GDPR, anonymous IDs are personal data as they are used to single out a data subject. account42 1 day ago unfortunately???
Probably yes it does. Not that it matters when you hack a website to have some expensive jewelry sent to your home address.
So what if it does? They'll get hit with a fine that will be the equivalent of 6 hours of revenue as they continue to be bastards.
GDPR only covers PII, this is a randomly generated ID that changes on every install on the OS.
You can mix it with other info to track a user, but it's not enough to de-anonymize someone on its own.
If they associate it with a Microsoft account (or anything that is identifiable) then it becomes PII.
And of course they are.
unfortunately under GDPR, anonymous IDs are personal data as they are used to single out a data subject.
unfortunately???