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The response to GDPR is interesting. If they are handling and selling your data in ways that are not compatible with GDPR, then you should seriously consider u

by adders 8y ago

The response to GDPR is interesting. If they are handling and selling your data in ways that are not compatible with GDPR, then you should seriously consider using someone else for that information.

kasey_junk 8y ago
Essentially every publisher that integrates with google might be out of compliance with the GDPR. Until that gets sorted out lots of sites are going to start doing this out of desperation.
- jonbarker 8y ago
  That and the facebook pixel.
lajhsdfkl 8y ago
> If they are handling and selling your data in ways that are not compatible with GDPR Very few businesses actually sell data the way you are imagining and if all GDPR did was ban that business model I would be happy with the existence of GDPR. GDPR is much more than that and this insinuation that every business that doesn't want to deal with this hassle is somehow evil and selling ultra detailed profiles on you to the highest bidder is highly mistaken.
- throwaway974 8y ago
  Yes, exactly. Sorry, I've been pasting this in multiple GDPR related threads, but just want people to get a concrete example of this. Here it goes: I have a profitable, bootstrapped SaaS business. It's not based on ads or selling data. I don't even have a freemium plan. Only a limited free trial after which you have to start paying. It's a trivial application that stores mostly already public data. Only email is required to login so that I can send password reset and other such communication. I've been talking to a very well known giant corporation for months. The VP and director love my product and want to start using it right away for their department. But their legal team is scared shitless with 4% fines in GDPR. They are putting some draconian clauses, (various ISO certifications and such) in the contract that I, as a small company, cannot comply. That's their interpretation of GDPR. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. The VP and Director are really nice people and I've developed very good rapport with them. But I'm afraid their patience will run out soon and they'll go back to using spreadsheets. A lose-lose situation. This is the side-effect of GDPR. I'm all up for GDPR. I have uBlock, have blackholed all Facebook domains, etc. But don't assume that GDPR doesn't affect normal business transactions. Anyone who says, "Oh, how hard could it be?" has no idea what they are talking about.

by adders 8y ago

The response to GDPR is interesting. If they are handling and selling your data in ways that are not compatible with GDPR, then you should seriously consider using someone else for that information.

kasey_junk 8y ago

Essentially every publisher that integrates with google might be out of compliance with the GDPR. Until that gets sorted out lots of sites are going to start doing this out of desperation.

jonbarker 8y ago
That and the facebook pixel.

lajhsdfkl 8y ago

> If they are handling and selling your data in ways that are not compatible with GDPR Very few businesses actually sell data the way you are imagining and if all GDPR did was ban that business model I would be happy with the existence of GDPR. GDPR is much more than that and this insinuation that every business that doesn't want to deal with this hassle is somehow evil and selling ultra detailed profiles on you to the highest bidder is highly mistaken.

throwaway974 8y ago
Yes, exactly. Sorry, I've been pasting this in multiple GDPR related threads, but just want people to get a concrete example of this. Here it goes: I have a profitable, bootstrapped SaaS business. It's not based on ads or selling data. I don't even have a freemium plan. Only a limited free trial after which you have to start paying. It's a trivial application that stores mostly already public data. Only email is required to login so that I can send password reset and other such communication. I've been talking to a very well known giant corporation for months. The VP and director love my product and want to start using it right away for their department. But their legal team is scared shitless with 4% fines in GDPR. They are putting some draconian clauses, (various ISO certifications and such) in the contract that I, as a small company, cannot comply. That's their interpretation of GDPR. It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. The VP and Director are really nice people and I've developed very good rapport with them. But I'm afraid their patience will run out soon and they'll go back to using spreadsheets. A lose-lose situation. This is the side-effect of GDPR. I'm all up for GDPR. I have uBlock, have blackholed all Facebook domains, etc. But don't assume that GDPR doesn't affect normal business transactions. Anyone who says, "Oh, how hard could it be?" has no idea what they are talking about.