Comment by WorldsBegin on 03/03/2021 at 19:47 UTC

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View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators

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How is this in line with GDPR? I'm almost certain an online indicator is personal data, at least it might be feasible to track this flag targeting a specific user and draw conclusions. Do you disagree? How certain are you an explicit opt-in is not actually required by law in European countries?

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Comment by ALoneTennoOperative at 03/03/2021 at 21:43 UTC

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I'm almost certain an online indicator is personal data, at least it might be feasible to track this flag targeting a specific user and draw conclusions.

It absolutely is.

As soon as this becomes a publicly-visible piece of data, *someone* is going to get a bot going that can track it 24/7.