My flabber is gasted.
Its mind boggling that anybody would agree to give away their personal data to advertisers in such a blanket fashion.
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Its mind boggling that anybody would agree to give away their personal data to advertisers in such a blanket fashion.
Frequently satirised in Private Eye [1] as the 'Fundamentally Complicit Authority' :-)
Pfft
The company clearly had poor legal advice and/or didn't think things through, yet they want my money and personal data? At the very least, you should consider this error analogous to the Van Halen 'no Brown M&Ms rider', in that it flags sloppy practice elsewhere [1].
[1] https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9
And I, like many, avoid business with any such companies who display a contempt for personal data.
If my ISP did such a thing, they would be very quickly reported to the Information Commissioner. Also, I think you will find the UK is beholden to the GDPR. It isn't simply an "EU cookie" law as you seam to imply.
A financial company playing fast and loose with the law, and especially data protection law, does not bode well.
One to avoid methinks.