[ripe-list] New on the RIPE Labs Podcast: Frugal Computing for a Sustainable Internet

Jim Reid wrote on 01/11/2023 13:09:
> Yes. IMO anything that harvests Personal Data is spyware, more so
> when there is no valid reason to gather those data.

Jim,

I'm puzzled as to why you've posted this on a public mailing list, where 
you have no idea who the recipients are and how they might be harvesting 
your personal data :)

The RIPE NCC has a call to make about how to host content. Hosting 
podcasts on third party platforms gets wide distribution and frees up 
the NCC from the costs and overhead associated with self-hosting podcast 
content.  Bear it in mind that in other forums, people are complaining 
about the RIPE NCC's expenditure.

All podcost sites use cookies. The better ones are more up-front about 
it, and pop up banners before presenting content (+ cookies). Some will 
play the content while allowing users to reject "legitimate interest" as 
a basis for processing PII.

This should improve in time in the parts of the world with GDPR (EU + 
EEA). "Legitimate interest" has traditionally been the basis for some of 
the more invasive tracking programs, but the CJEU ruled earlier this 
year that legitimate interest is an inadequate argument to track users 
using identifiers without the data subject's consent.  In regard to 
consent, the GPDR is clear that consent means "consent, freely given". 
I.e. there should be no detriment if consent is not given, i.e. no more 
highwayman "consent or no content" choices.

Nick