<story><title>Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44252327</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mortehu</author><text>You can disable Google&amp;#x27;s ad targeting at any time: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;adssettings.google.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;adssettings.google.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;  You don&amp;#x27;t have to pay anything.  What you get instead is untargeted ads, like ads for cars, potato chips, and shampoo, just like on TV.  Personally I find those to be a lot more annoying.&lt;p&gt;Facebook&amp;#x27;s ad targeting can be similarly disabled under &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;preferences&amp;#x2F;?entry_product=ad_settings_screen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;preferences&amp;#x2F;?entry_product=ad_s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>henrikschroder</author><text>Sign me up!&lt;p&gt;The sad truth though is that the users who are most likely to pay to get rid of ads, are also the users that are most valuable to advertisers, because that&amp;#x27;s a signal they have more money to spend than the rest.</text></item><item><author>dmortin</author><text>Somebody has to pay for it in the end, so Facebook could simply say &amp;quot;agree to targeted advertising and use the site for free or do not agree and pay a monthly fee for the site&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>ckastner</author><text>&amp;gt; &amp;quot;The GDPR explicitly allows any data processing that is strictly necessary for the service - but using the data additionally for advertisement or to sell it on needs the users&amp;#x27; free opt-in consent&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is the key point. As the saying goes, on Facebook, you aren&amp;#x27;t the customer, you are the product.&lt;p&gt;The GDPR just changed this -- rightfully, in my opinion.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blub</author><text>So... I have to be logged in or have a Google cookie in order to not be tracked by Google. This is complete bullshit and worthless for anyone using private browsing.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44252327</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mortehu</author><text>You can disable Google&amp;#x27;s ad targeting at any time: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;adssettings.google.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;adssettings.google.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;  You don&amp;#x27;t have to pay anything.  What you get instead is untargeted ads, like ads for cars, potato chips, and shampoo, just like on TV.  Personally I find those to be a lot more annoying.&lt;p&gt;Facebook&amp;#x27;s ad targeting can be similarly disabled under &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;preferences&amp;#x2F;?entry_product=ad_settings_screen&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;preferences&amp;#x2F;?entry_product=ad_s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>henrikschroder</author><text>Sign me up!&lt;p&gt;The sad truth though is that the users who are most likely to pay to get rid of ads, are also the users that are most valuable to advertisers, because that&amp;#x27;s a signal they have more money to spend than the rest.</text></item><item><author>dmortin</author><text>Somebody has to pay for it in the end, so Facebook could simply say &amp;quot;agree to targeted advertising and use the site for free or do not agree and pay a monthly fee for the site&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>ckastner</author><text>&amp;gt; &amp;quot;The GDPR explicitly allows any data processing that is strictly necessary for the service - but using the data additionally for advertisement or to sell it on needs the users&amp;#x27; free opt-in consent&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is the key point. As the saying goes, on Facebook, you aren&amp;#x27;t the customer, you are the product.&lt;p&gt;The GDPR just changed this -- rightfully, in my opinion.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Reason077</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;What you get instead is untargeted ads, like ads for cars, potato chips, and shampoo, just like on TV. Personally I find those to be a lot more annoying.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Really? I kind of despise the targeted Ads. They&amp;#x27;re typically poor quality, and often it&amp;#x27;s some website I visited months ago to look at one product constantly dangling that product in my face in a desperate attempt for me to come back and buy it.&lt;p&gt;Show me the cars and potato chips, please!</text></comment>