lemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 2 days agoMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 2 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareTheSealStartedIt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThis is illegal in Europe. I’m pretty sure EU countries are left out of this. This behavior is so blatantly criminal that one wonders why the EU are the only ones who have banned it.
minus-squarecon_fig@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoWell I just checked my settings and it was enabled and I’m in the EU. Analytics was disabled but this special content scraper thingy was enabled.
minus-squareTheSealStartedIt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoWow, if that’s true, I hope the EU imposes significant fines, and not in two years…
minus-squarebrb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoCan confirm. These fuckers are gonna slapped with the mother of all fines
minus-squarefar_university190@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 hours agoEU: best can do is 0.5% of global revenue
This is illegal in Europe. I’m pretty sure EU countries are left out of this. This behavior is so blatantly criminal that one wonders why the EU are the only ones who have banned it.
Well I just checked my settings and it was enabled and I’m in the EU. Analytics was disabled but this special content scraper thingy was enabled.
Wow, if that’s true, I hope the EU imposes significant fines, and not in two years…
Can confirm. These fuckers are gonna slapped with the mother of all fines
EU: best can do is 0.5% of global revenue