To my knowledge, the problem is the same in the EU, but there are legal initiatives by some NGOs (NOYB) that argue that having only these two options (pay for subscription or consent to personal information being sold) should be illegal, and that newspapers should be required to offer a third option (pay only the amount your information would be sold for, which is only a few cents, without the subscription).
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Gurfaild@feddit.org 1 month agoIt probably is illegal in the EU, but I have no idea whether it would be illegal in the UK, too.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
phlaym@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
they’re not only arguing it, they’re doing successfully so
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Very happy to see that, thanks for the pointer!
Mwa@lemm.ee 1 month ago
True that would make sense
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
As of last I checked, people are trying it out and seeing if they can get away with it under the way GDPR is enforced. Hopefully that gets hammered out in court.