Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies.
Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service.
In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
Yeah as others have stated, Google could deduce your usage of an adblock through any myriad ways. But you’ve got a point - it’s one to thing to throw a popup saying “Our ads couldn’t play for some reason, we won’t show you videos until they do,” and another to say “We know you are using an adblocker, we won’t show you videos until you disable it.”
Yeah as others have stated, Google could deduce your usage of an adblock through any myriad ways. But you’ve got a point - it’s one to thing to throw a popup saying “Our ads couldn’t play for some reason, we won’t show you videos until they do,” and another to say “We know you are using an adblocker, we won’t show you videos until you disable it.”