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> Notice it says “should”, not shall. Does this mean consent is technically optional?

Does it mean you never actually read the law? Does it mean you assume that the words of an HN user are a direct quote for the law? Does it mean that any statements you make about the law are false and misleading because you never read the law and rely on misinterpretation of the words of strangers to paint a picture of what the law is about?

The law does not deal in "should"s.

Scroll down to "suitable articles" to see what the law actually says, and not what you think it says: https://gdpr-info.eu/issues/consent/ Start with definitions and work your way through the referenced articles




That was my own quote taken directly from the exact law text.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...

There's many more as well:

> The processing of personal data should be designed to serve mankind

> Natural persons should have control of their own personal data.

> Legal and practical certainty for natural persons, economic operators and public authorities should be enhanced

> The protection afforded by this Regulation should apply to natural persons

And that's just from the first 3 pages.


Yes, because the first three pages are justifications and reasoning for the law to exist.

Which means that you clearly did not read the law. Truly, you can lead horse to water...

Now quote the actual regulation. You can post the entirety of Article 7, for example


To clarify, if I'm not mistaken, out of 422 shoulds in the document 420 are in Chapter I, "General Provisions which:

- spells out more-or-less in layman terms why the law exists, its scope and applications

- definitions that will be used throughout the document

There are two shoulds used in the rest of the regulation, in Article 47.1(j). IMO that has to be shall, too, but it's in a large list of other binding corporate rules, so it's not too bad.




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