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German court bans LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals (stackdiary.com)
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The court found that LinkedIn cannot ignore "Do Not Track" signals sent by users' browsers. These signals allow internet users to opt-out of having their online activities tracked. Despite receiving these signals, LinkedIn still announced on its website that it engages in tracking for analysis and marketing purposes. The court said this communication is misleading, as LinkedIn is legally required to respect the Do Not Track requests.

Additionally, the court banned LinkedIn from automatically making users' profiles publicly visible when they first create an account. This "Profile Visibility" default setting published users' information without their consent, violating data protection regulations. Users must expressly agree before their profiles can be visible to non-members.

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know whether DNT is deprecated or not, but "deprecated" doesn't mean "not present". It means that it's no longer something that one should use, but remains present. A deprecated thing might be removed in the future, but while being deprecated, it remains present.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation

In several fields, especially computing, deprecation is the discouragement of use of some terminology, feature, design, or practice, typically because it has been superseded or is no longer considered efficient or safe, without completely removing it or prohibiting its use. Typically, deprecated materials are not completely removed to ensure legacy compatibility or back up practice in case new methods are not functional in an odd scenario.

It can also imply that a feature, design, or practice will be removed or discontinued entirely in the future.[1]

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