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I'm confused.. the article claims the extensions doing the clickstream gathering are illegal... but that the collected data is 'supposed to' be anonymized? Supposed to by what standard? If they're already breaking the law by gathering the data, why would they bother to anonymize it?


Breaking the law in Europe != breaking the law in the country where the click-stream gathering company sits.


Illegal in Europe. Maybe by 'anonymising' the data they are satisfying the legal requirements of some other jurisdiction(s).


Not all data collection is illegal, legal data collection requires anonymisation for sale.




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