lemme in@lemm.eecake to Privacy@programming.dev · 1 month agoMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comlemme in@lemm.eecake to Privacy@programming.dev · 1 month agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareTheSealStartedIt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·1 month agoThis is illegal in Europe. I’m pretty sure EU countries are left out of this. This behavior is so blatantly criminal that one wonders why the EU are the only ones who have banned it.
minus-squarecon_fig@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoWell I just checked my settings and it was enabled and I’m in the EU. Analytics was disabled but this special content scraper thingy was enabled.
minus-squareTheSealStartedIt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoWow, if that’s true, I hope the EU imposes significant fines, and not in two years…
minus-squarebrb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoCan confirm. These fuckers are gonna slapped with the mother of all fines
minus-squarefar_university190@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoEU: best can do is 0.5% of global revenue
This is illegal in Europe. I’m pretty sure EU countries are left out of this. This behavior is so blatantly criminal that one wonders why the EU are the only ones who have banned it.
Well I just checked my settings and it was enabled and I’m in the EU. Analytics was disabled but this special content scraper thingy was enabled.
Wow, if that’s true, I hope the EU imposes significant fines, and not in two years…
Can confirm. These fuckers are gonna slapped with the mother of all fines
EU: best can do is 0.5% of global revenue