So I need to explicitly accept targeted ads from every company that shows targeted ads? Does this mean every website that shows targeted ads, or can a blanket large provider (e.g. Google) get a single consent and apply it to all websites hosting Google ads?
This seems like it would give a market advantage to Google, because they have products that people want and can likely get a fair number of people to consent if the consent was among useful consents. But smaller advertising companies would have a much harder time getting consent, especially if people don't recognize the name as providing anything useful.
And how does this apply to logs? It's common for web servers by default to record urls visited and IP addresses. Would that be legal without explicit consent?
This seems like it would give a market advantage to Google, because they have products that people want and can likely get a fair number of people to consent if the consent was among useful consents. But smaller advertising companies would have a much harder time getting consent, especially if people don't recognize the name as providing anything useful.
And how does this apply to logs? It's common for web servers by default to record urls visited and IP addresses. Would that be legal without explicit consent?