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Meta ignores the users’ right to easily withdraw consent

Social Media Consent Supervisory Authorities Consent Withdrawal and Revocation Procedures
Jan 11, 2024 Source

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Forced Consent & Consent Bypass Since the beginning of November, Instagram and Facebook users who don’t want to be tracked have to pay a “privacy fee” of up to € 251.88 per year. While one (free) click is enough to consent to being tracked, users can only withdraw their consent by going through the complicated process of switching to a paid subscription. This is illegal, as the GDPR clearly states that withdrawing your consent must be “as easy as” giving it. In addition to a previous noyb complaint relating to the consent phase of the “pay or okay” system, noyb has filed an additional complaint with the Austrian data protection authority today to take into account the withdrawal situation. Complaint against Meta on the withdrawal issue (EN)Previous complaint relating to the consent phase (EN – Machine translation)Meta’s latest attempt to circumvent EU privacy laws. It has merely been six months since the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled that Meta’s handling of user data was illeg

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