this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
2297 points (97.6% liked)

Technology

59555 readers
3435 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
2297
Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU (eupolicy.social)
submitted 1 year ago by ugjka@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
438 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] online@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the typical terms of service or privacy policy even mention that you, as a user, have the power to reject tracking cookies, tracking pixels, etc. via your browser configuration and third party tools? As far as I know, the YouTube ToS and Privacy Policy also mention these things. I just tried to read it but they seem to have broken it up into a sprawling multi-site multi-page document where I can't find the legalese to ctrl+f and pore over.

Can anyone find these documents, so I can read through them please?

Edit:

I found it: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en#intro

There are other ways to control the information Google collects whether or not you’re signed in to a Google Account, including:

  • Browser settings: For example, you can configure your browser to indicate when Google has set a cookie in your browser. You can also configure your browser to block all cookies from a specific domain or all domains. But remember that our services rely on cookies to function properly, for things like remembering your language preferences.
  • Device-level settings: Your device may have controls that determine what information we collect. For example, you can modify location settings on your Android device.