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Can we have some clarification on what "Usage Data" the app collects and shares with advertisers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What constitutes Usage Data. Is it sharing the posts I view, communities I subscribe to etc?

Does paying for a premium version stop this data being collected?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does the app know you're from Europe? GPS? Geolocation tagging? Can someone hypothetically pretend to be from Europe too?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually IP address. For other things it would have to have your permission (and if you give a Lemmy app permission for your location, well it's on you). You could probably use an EU VPN. Though I'm not sure of their implementation, they might disregard your choices if you disconnect from VPN.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, thinking about this, I wonder how these rules will work for a citizen of a country enforcing GDPR, who is on vacation to a country that doesn't enforce GDPR.