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The Telegraph uses the term “Legitimate Interest” in which to hide the means to opt out of personalised ads and ad tracking.

Author
PtitBen
Date
30 Dec 2020
Type
Preselection
Publisher
Twitter

“Legitimate Interest sounds like “you say no, but we’re making it legitimate to track you”. So I don’t consent but you still have a legitimate right to have relationship with my privacy? How does that work? 🤔”

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