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> I'm in the EU, and currently content analysis is toggled off for me

I'm also in the EU and checked this (very well-hidden) option for the first time after reading the thread - and it is defaulted to off.

Yet more evidence for the usefulness of GDPR. At times like this I'm genuinely grateful for these EU regulations that protect the individual against the encroachment of corporations on their private lives and personal data.

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I'm in the UK and it is enabled

I’m EU and it was enabled. I normally always disable such options, hence I am quite certain I did not enable it myself.

> I’m EU and it was enabled.

This is pretty certainly a violation of GDPR in that case.

https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...

Agreed, I'm trying to see if there's anything in my profile that could have been confusing, but I'm a paying customer so they definitely have the correct country on record for me and I'm paying in €.

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