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GDPR doesn't work like that, the user has to explicitly opt-in. So the website has to block users that don't explicitly agree, a simple statement won't do. Th
by bad_user 8y ago
GDPR doesn't work like that, the user has to explicitly opt-in.
So the website has to block users that don't explicitly agree, a simple statement won't do.
There are exceptions, GDPR having the notion of "legitimate interest", which many services will try to abuse, however it has a precise definition and user tracking, ads targeting, marketing, or other interests like that that don't cut it, even if by not doing so results in less revenue for the service.
The GDPR has teeth, which is why companies that have been violating user privacy are freaking out ;-)
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> GDPR doesn't work like that We don't know how GDPR works. Its structure grants immense discretion to political bodies. Given the EU is undergoing another cycle of political weakness, it would not be safe to assume anything about interpretation or enforcement.
- Moter8 8y agoGDPR is formulated in this way, because good laws are not special and well-"explained", they have to be general so you can apply them to almost everything.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> good laws are not special and well-"explained", they have to be general so you can apply them to almost everything This is a good principle for Constitutional law. It's a bad principle for general law, as it introduces political uncertainty and authoritarian risks into everything.
- setquk 8y agoThat is the idea. Increase the risk and arbitrary non viability of loopholes. No one will touch it so the only way to move forwards is minimal risk.
- csomar 8y agoIn my experience this just opens or expands corruption. You pay your way to be able to be "approved" by the authority. For example, the legitimate interest. Who determines that? The authoritaa. But then the authoritaa might approve Google and disapproves small-naughty-trackor. Both are doing the same privacy invasion. So why one gets a free pass and another is reprimanded. Even if the current regulator (persons) are honest, they are not irreplaceable. Maybe the guy after them will be corrupt. And since there is a lot of money here, money corrupts.
- icebraining 8y agoWhich is why the authority can be appealed.
- Mirioron 8y ago"Minimal risk" in business means not actually doing business or doing business in a way that doesn't make you liable, eg blocking EU users.