@seindal Many companies get away with these moves even if they're illegal because many governments outside of the EU (going to use the United States as a prime example of this) continue to fail to implement privacy laws in the digital era.
(Not so) Fun Fact: just 23% of Americans know that the US has failed to pass a baseline privacy law for the internet era. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/25/just-23-of-americans-know-the-u-s-has-failed-to-pass-an-internet-era-privacy-law/