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Not entirely accurate. The GDPR restricts the terms they can use, for example. And anti-discrimination law probably also applies. These don't really apply to captcha, of course, under current interpretations.


It's very easy to argue that CAPTCHA is an essential service and therefore not under GDPR.

> anti-discrimination law

Google-avoiders are not a protected class.


> It's very easy to argue that CAPTCHA is an essential service and therefore not under GDPR

No it isn't. In fact, out-of-the-box reCaptcha is not GDPR compliant, and using it on your site will open you up to possible liability. See https://complianz.io/google-recaptcha-and-the-gdpr-a-possibl...

My reCaptcha strategy is to fire off an email to the site owners every time I am subjected to a reCaptcha, asking for all my data under GDPR. Most websites only need a few such requests to quickly start looking for an alternative. Fuck Google and their constant attacks on my rights.


The blind are. And the audio captcha is roughly useless.




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