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Study on "pay or accept": Users prefer a "third option" that doesn't involve tracking.

Given the upcoming "Pay or Accept" guidelines from the EDPB (European Data Protection Board), noyb has commissioned a study to investigate the choices available to users.

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Given the upcoming "Pay or Accept" guidelines from the EDPB (European Data Protection Board), noyb has commissioned a study to examine the choices that users can make.


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