This law was supposed to give me control of my data. If I have control of my dat...

zetanor · 2025-10-22T13:15:25 1761138925

Click-through "I agree" buttons are almost never a matter of informed consent and almost always a matter of convenience-driven rape.

Kbelicius · 2025-10-22T14:19:02 1761142742

You can freely share your data under GDPR but the owner of the website can not request data as form of payment for the access to the website.

janwl · 2025-10-22T15:47:59 1761148079

That doesn’t seem to give me much freedom about my data - in fact it seems like it took freedom away from me.

GJim · 2025-10-23T12:56:38 1761224198

> it seems like it took freedom away from me

And it *gave* freedom to society not to have their personal data exploited and privacy invaded for corporate profit.

Kbelicius · 2025-10-22T18:35:50 1761158150

Yes, we live in a society. You aren't allowed to do anything you want. But you are wrong. You had no option before, now you have. How is that taking away freedom from you?