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Do-Not-Track is back on track: what Berlin's ruling could mean for … – TechRadar


Germany is perhaps the most proactive country when it comes to protecting its citizens’ privacy, something that privacy advocates and enthusiasts have been aware of for a while now, and the country recently reiterated its stance against Microsoft-owned LinkedIn.

A Berlin Court ruled in favor of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, vzbv), which filed a lawsuit against LinkedIn for ignoring users who turned on the ‘do-not-track’ function on their browsers. According to the German judge, companies must respect these settings under GDPR.





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