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> This should have been a brower-based implementation globally that every site must adhere to. This. if EU actually cared enough, they 'd go to the browser ven

> This should have been a brower-based implementation globally that every site must adhere to. This. if EU actually cared enough, they 'd go to the browser vendors to enforce some basic prompts on tracking and forms, and it would be better than gdpr because it would work for everyone from day 1. This law will bring a few more prompts and not much else (because most services can be provided with slight changes like hashed ips). Cookie prompts on every site you visit on your slow-ass phone connection are really really annoying and should go away. But americans don't protest about them because they don't see them and europeans are , well, sheepish.

knoke 8y ago
That's exactly one of the things that might happen with the ePrivacy Regulation: "By centralising the consent in software such as internet browsers and prompting users to choose their privacy settings and expanding the exceptions to the cookie consent rule, a significant proportion of businesses would be able to do away with cookie banners and notices, thus leading to potentially significant cost savings and simplification." http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=41241 http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=41241
detaro 8y ago
Or the tech industry could decide that'd be useful to have and implement it. They could put it in a HTTP header with a nice name, maybe "do not track", and don't bother people activating that with tracking or prompts. Oh wait... How many websites are doing that? How many choose "let's bother our users" over respecting their stated preference?
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molf 8y ago
IIRC this is exactly what is being done with the upcoming ePrivacy directive. For example I believe it will become mandatory to honour the DNT header.
- merinowool 8y ago
  You are still going to display a popup to know if user is aware of his setting for a particular website.

knoke 8y ago

That's exactly one of the things that might happen with the ePrivacy Regulation: "By centralising the consent in software such as internet browsers and prompting users to choose their privacy settings and expanding the exceptions to the cookie consent rule, a significant proportion of businesses would be able to do away with cookie banners and notices, thus leading to potentially significant cost savings and simplification." http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=41241 http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=41241

detaro 8y ago

Or the tech industry could decide that'd be useful to have and implement it. They could put it in a HTTP header with a nice name, maybe "do not track", and don't bother people activating that with tracking or prompts. Oh wait... How many websites are doing that? How many choose "let's bother our users" over respecting their stated preference?

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molf 8y ago

IIRC this is exactly what is being done with the upcoming ePrivacy directive. For example I believe it will become mandatory to honour the DNT header.

merinowool 8y ago
You are still going to display a popup to know if user is aware of his setting for a particular website.