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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

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thih9 · 1789929279 · focus · HN ↗
I am once again happy that the EU is fighting practices like these via legislation.
Some outcomes can be annoying, but the net result is still positive, for the consumers and their data privacy at least.
1. dmix · 1789945609 · focus · HN ↗
  The adtech/data broker business is still very lively in EU. The last time I read into it a year or two ago the consensus seemed to be the privacy gains over the last decade have been modest at best. There was a few big name trackers that were forced to narrow data collection but the general ad/location tracking and data broker business is still mostly the same.
  <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06862" rel="nofollow">https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06862
  <a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-eu/" rel="nofollow">https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-...
  1. thih9 · 1789969007 · focus · HN ↗
    Perhaps, perhaps not. Big trackers reducing data collection is a win in my book. OpenAI is not doing ad personalization for the EU customers. There are no Flock cameras.
    It’s an ongoing fight for sure but it’s some fight at least.

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