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I mean apparently according to California they might be?
As far as I understand it, yes possibly... But if their definition is very weird to me... I now watched 2 30 minute long videos about it and still don't understand what the problem is exactly...
What I did get though is that they majorly screwed up their PR
Basically California thinks that if you receive something of value in return for sharing data that that is considered selling data
Yes exactly. And that is entirely right and proper.
Nothing of what Mozilla should be doing meets that definition. Even if they share data with 3rd parties to process it, and even if they pay the 3rd party for that service, they're not supposed to get something in return for providing the data. But also, providing data in such a manner does not mean they are selling it.
If they are getting something in return for providing the data, be it payment, other services or even simply a discount, then they're doing something wrong.
Mozilla thinks they are getting something in return( I believe it's services). I only watched the rossmann video but the Mozilla document he showed lays it out
Cool, I'll give the video a full watch then. I normally don't like Rossmann videos because he takes 30 min to say what he could have covered in 5-10.
But yeah, they shouldn't be doing that. That's selling of data. If they want to sell my data, that I manufactured by my literal blood, sweat, and tears of being alive, they should pay me for it first.