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BeReal accused of annoying users into sharing their data
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BeReal, the in the moment social media platform, is far from its 2022 heyday, but that hasn't stopped one organization from going after it. Austrian advocacy group surrounding the platform's data consent banner practices. The organization claims that the banner disappears if users accept that their personal data can inform advertising practices, but if they click reject then the banner appears daily.

Consent given under these circumstances is not freely given, which means it doesn’t meet the requirements established in Article 4 GDPR," Noyb argued in its complaint. It asked the CNIL to fine BeReal and force it to be compliant.the European Data Protection Board adopted in early 2023 around such a technique.

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