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All processing is supposed to require explicit and meaningfully informed consent for each separate use; one of the GDPR training lessons we get over here is basically "Bob has a bunch of customer's emails he got from the sign up process, is he allowed to use them to send adverts for a new product?" and the answer is "No, that's only allowed when the customers explicitly consented to that, you can't just use any data they happen you have given you for whatever new purpose you want".

EULAs are a bit more of a mess, as all the advice I've been given says "don't hide stuff like that" while all the websites I visit are "we're going to do this anyway because we think we can get away with it".




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