The Guardian helpfully provides Privacy Policies for the 577 Companies with whom they may share your data

But we scrolled down a bit, and there more little pull down arrows: "Matching Data to Offline Sources" which is defined as: "Combining data from offline sources that were initially collected in other contexts." "Linking Devices" which is defined as: "Allow processing of a user's data to connect such user across multiple devices." "Precise Geographic Location Data" which is defined as: "Allow processing of a user's precise geographic location data in support of a purpose for which that certain third party has consent."

Third Parties?

Wait. I thought this was a policy between me and The Guardian. Who are those "Third Party" folks you refer to?  Oh!  There they are, under "Vendors" ... let's see how many there are ... so I began to count. 1, 2, 3, ... 10, 20, 30, 150, good God!  How many are there? I switched from my iPad to my desktop and exported the HTML code to get a better feel for it. There are 577 Vendors to whom this policy applies. And guess what, each of them helpfully has a Privacy Policy of their own!  If you would like to see what each of THEM are going to do with your data, you need to read an additional 577 Privacy Policies. If your lawyers are anything like my lawyers, I'm sure you will want to spend the next 120 business hours reading each of these privacy policies in detail to find out what you are agreeing to.  Its several thousand pages of reading, so be sure to make a nice pot of tea before you start. Many of these cookie providers have an Opt-Out policy of their own.  Here is the VERY IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER though.  Let's say you were take the next two months of your life and opt-out of all 577 of these tracking cookies -- perhaps especially the ones that say they provide "Precise Geographic Location Data" (Remember the NYTimes article from December 2018, "Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night" -- they know because you gave them PERMISSION to know!) Now consider this ... the next time you cheerfully click the "OK" button on "I accept all of your cookie policies" -- you are EXPLICITLY GRANTING PERMISSION to the company that you previously opted out from TO RESTART THE COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION!  One click undoes whatever privacy you think you gained for yourself. Bottom line?  GDPR is not protecting you from ANYTHING.  It has created an impossible legal hurdle which guarantees that you will NEVER HAVE PRIVACY AGAIN.  (While simultaneous GRANTING privacy to those drug dealers, malware distributors, and human traffickers that we are trying to identify.)

577 Privacy Policies You Just Agreed To!

Here's your list of Privacy Policies to read if you would like to be comfortable reading The Guardian, or any other GDPR-compliant news media source.  I would recommend that as many readers as possible exercise your right to receive a list from every one of these vendors of what privacy information they are gathering and using about you.  It is likely that every one of the privacy policies linked will have a statement similar to those I've shared for the first few below.