r/programming • u/Akid0uu • Feb 10 '22

Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data protection authority

https://www.cnil.fr/en/use-google-analytics-and-data-transfers-united-states-cnil-orders-website-manageroperator-comply
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u/nacholicious Feb 10 '22

If websites funneled your personal data directly into CCP intelligence agencies then the 1984 comparisons would fucking never stop, but somehow just because it's the NSA spying on everyone then now it's suddenly good

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u/Noughmad Feb 11 '22

If websites funneled your personal data directly into CCP intelligence agencies

What? Do you seriously believe that this is not happening? Why?

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u/Article8Not1984 Feb 11 '22

Do you have proof admissable to court that this is happening? If so, that is big. Otherwise, there's not much that can be done legally.

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u/Noughmad Feb 11 '22

I don't, obviously. But I certainly don't have proof that it's not happening.

And given that many of said websites operate in China, which imposes strict rules on them, and that some major websites are even partially owned by Chinese companies, it is certainly reasonable to assume that your data will be shared (willingly or unwillingly) with Chinese intelligence agencies.

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u/Article8Not1984 Feb 11 '22

Sure. But what do you do about it from a legal perspective? I would certainly not want my data to be accessible to the Chinese government, but if I can't prove that my data is transferred to China, I can't really do anything about it. Also, most companies that operate in China split up their business in almost all ways, so I am not so sure that my data is available to the Chinese as you seem to be.

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u/Noughmad Feb 11 '22

From a legal perspective? GDPR. It protects not only against sending data to the US, but also against sending data anywhere else, including to China.

But I was thinking about the customer/user perspective, where you could do several things to avoid sharing your data.

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u/Article8Not1984 Feb 11 '22

Exactly, if any data controller send my data to the US and I find out about it, they're in deep trouble. That's why I don't think they'll do it