TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat ignore your GDPR rights

https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights

41•robin_reala•6mo ago

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ReptileMan•6mo ago

We got hooked on cheap Chinese and US stuff. And guess what, drug dealers don't respect their customers.

Gud•6mo ago

That’s not been my experience with drug dealers.

WhatsName•6mo ago

Except for Aliexpress you are not a customer. Just like Facebook, Insta,... they are selling your attention to the highest bidder.

0manrho•6mo ago

Responding to the article: Yeah, no shit. Glad to see someone is at least trying to do something about it, and I wish them luck.

Relevant, from their about page:

> noyb is a donation-funded NGO based in Vienna, Austria working to enforce data protection laws, in particular the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive. At the present, a team of more than 20 legal and IT experts from all over Europe is working to ensure that the fundamental right to privacy is respected by the private sector. More than 5,000 supporting members support our work

titaniumrain•6mo ago

This is hardly news TBH. Check this paper out

https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/understanding-worl...

timonoko•6mo ago

Please shutup. Last time this kind of EU-whining produced only "If you dont accept cookies, you can piss off"-type checkboxes, whose effect to security is less than zero.

piva00•6mo ago

The Cookie Law is different to the GDPR, I don't understand how HN of all places keep getting this wrong after 9+ years of GDPR, it's just a meme and I wish people here would be more well informed.

mnmalst•6mo ago

It's almost as if the least informed people are the ones screaming the loudest.

egorfine•6mo ago

People are confusing the two because both come from the same basket and both have a similar smell.

glimshe•6mo ago

From the perspective of many non-EU citizens, it's just one more piece of EU legislation that hurts and annoys. Being technically part of the GDPR or not isn't terribly relevant for most people.

Note: I'm not defending or criticizing the law, just talking about how many people perceive it outside the EU.

hnaccountme•6mo ago

I always wondered how the EU was going to enforce GDPR outside of the EU. I guess they really can't

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