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^ This message breaches Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58 (the e-privacy directive).
The installation of an ad blocker counts as a direct lack of consent as per Recital 66 of Directive 2009/136 (directly supersedes 2002/58, which caused the cookie consent "scare")
So i'd remove it if i were you ;)
How can saying please be illegal
It's the fact that they are running software to detect users have an ad-blocking program installed.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingJesus
I always just thought if the ad failed to appear then that appeared instead since I've had it a few times despite not using one
But who really cares, lets be honest, it's just a habbo fansite and if someone went out of their way for 'justice' it would be wrong not to laugh at them
So they can break the law just because their a habbo fansite? Hey they might as-well post child-porn in the banner... (Their a habbo fansite so who cares right?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cerys
You're an idiot if you think a placeholder image is the same as child porn
Of-course I don't think its the same.. But i did exactly what Cerys did.. I trivialised the law.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingJesus
It's not illegal to have a placeholder image that appears if nothing else is in the space
Hey I never trivialised it, you gotta stop making assumptions!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeejayMachoo$
Like Tom, and I even said, it's hardly illegal to have an image and you saying it's illegal is just making assumptions that habbox is using apparently illegal methods.
But it is if you detect the advert hasn't loaded.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyingJesus
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First of, didn't you scam @GoldenMerc; and owe him money?
Hi @DeejayMachoo$; - firstly, under the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58), I can't find any section on using an AdBlocker. You'll have to quote it for me, and provide a link to where you are seeing this.
Secondly, we don't use any sort of AdBlocker detection software. In fact, we have just placed the text underneath where the Ad would be displayed. So, if there were no image there, the text would show. Not a hard principle to do without detection software!
Thanks.
You assume the servers are hosted in EU territory which might not be true.
I did have issues in the past which caused me to make bad decisions and get help for them. But last I spoke to him I believe he was happy where we left off. Either-way I no longer partake in freelance web-development.Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Back onto subject.. I'm just trying to help you guys not break the law...
A law that you can't pinpoint and that isn't being broken even if you could
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Originally Posted by Tom
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also - https://twitter.com/alexanderhanff/s...747072/photo/1Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
Issues such as stealing money from your ex-girlfriend and her mother?
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Originally Posted by DeejayMachoo$
All I see in that picture is a screenshot of some code that detects if a div height is less than 10 and, if it is, display some text?
I can't find anything under Article 5 at all about the use of ad blockers. Nor can I anywhere in the directive. Can you be sure it exists?
https://i.gyazo.com/bd996ae90fb6dfa7...8bf79d5a5b.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by dbgtz
Issues such as a gambling addiction for which I am now clean since feb 2014, Also if it makes you feel better I have refunded her to the value of £4015.67Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
An alternative for when a certain object doesn't load =/= accessing someone's info or storing anything... at all
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Originally Posted by DeejayMachoo$
@alexanderhanff Art. 5(3)'s rationale is online tracking. Scripts detecting a page's mere technical display are another matter. @SedLex_fr
— jurideek (@jurideek) April 21, 2016
Okay, I'm closing this off now as I presume there's no further discussion.
As a summary, we don't actually use any ad block software detection (script or otherwise). Also, I fail to see anything on what you've mentioned in Article 5, Section 3 - but that might just be me!
If there is still a problem, however, feel free to create a thread in our support forum and I'll be more than happy to discuss this further with you.
Thanks, all.