Tweet · 14 Aug 2020, 19:20 UTC

Replying to @alextcone and @johnnyryan, @micshasan, @PrivacyMatters, @publictorsten, @therevoltingx, @BrendanEich, @kickstand, @acfou, @Nyury1011, @GregRizz, @JudSpencer, @theantitheory, @samtingleff, @mrr619, @WolfieChristl, @johnwilander, @brave, @iab, @IABTechLab

But… you can’t obtain valid consent without an exhaustive description of the processing. So Google’s position was that publishers *must* act illegally to serve personalised ads and that, should regulators enforce, publishers would serve as the liability shield for them.