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Originally Posted by _Richard_
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Interesting twisted logic.
Websites are private property. Even the right to refuse service is protected to private business as long as it is allowed by law. Adblockers give public broadcast data -- that data has no expectation of privacy as it is broadcast -- like info from a browser that it is JavaScript enabled or the user's screen size or color depth -- that data is rather benign to consumer privacy -- I think in any EU court he would lose his claim for that reason.
It is sort of like caller ID ... Unless you have blocked it, your phone number is public information to the party you are calling.
Google G-A stats collects a lot of browser data that might be subject to that claim if upheld by the courts. Same thing really ...
That would a part my counter-argument.