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Does anyone know what the heck is going on with Tumblr's GDPR implementation? I get the "please accept being tracked or click here to change your settings" page

by Asooka 8y ago

Does anyone know what the heck is going on with Tumblr's GDPR implementation? I get the "please accept being tracked or click here to change your settings" page. Then I opt-out of tracking (which is already against the GDPR, as you have to opt-in but whatever), save my options and get the same "accept being tracked" page with all my settings reset! I'm using stock chrome on stock android.

Rjevski 8y ago
Same here on stock Safari on Mac. I can't read the article as a result.
red_admiral 8y ago
Same here (chromium/win10).
adtac 8y ago
I can only assume that they don't even save your choice as a cookie. I think this should be a necessary cookie that's saved regardless of the choice.
vertex-four 8y ago
Tumblr’s parent (Oath, owned by Verizon) are basically using their power to attack the GDPR by putting up what is an unnecessary roadblock to people refusing to consent to their unnecessary tracking, in addition to dark patterns in actually disabling tracking.
- Bahamut 8y ago
  That sounds like a quick way to get hit by a big fine from the EU - I’d probably attribute this to inconpetance rather than malice.
  - vertex-four 8y ago
    There's a lot of companies that are currently attempting to skirt the GDPR, and are more likely than not failing to meet its requirements. There is very little technical guidance from the regulators right now on what they require from a consent dialog (what UI patterns are allowable, what are not, etc), and businesses like Oath that make their living off collecting and processing user data without consent are not going to change their business model without a fight - which will be dragged through the courts over the next few years because of the power involved on both sides.
- UpshotKnothole 8y ago
  A lot of sites seem to be doing this, and I don’t know if GDPR is really going to be well enforced. Has it just been too little time yet for us to know?
- growt 8y ago
  They may use some kind of Geo fence. I'm in the EU and every time I checked their list of cookies. They were all disabled by default.

by Asooka 8y ago

Rjevski 8y ago

Same here on stock Safari on Mac. I can't read the article as a result.

red_admiral 8y ago

Same here (chromium/win10).

adtac 8y ago

I can only assume that they don't even save your choice as a cookie. I think this should be a necessary cookie that's saved regardless of the choice.

vertex-four 8y ago

Tumblr’s parent (Oath, owned by Verizon) are basically using their power to attack the GDPR by putting up what is an unnecessary roadblock to people refusing to consent to their unnecessary tracking, in addition to dark patterns in actually disabling tracking.

Bahamut 8y ago
That sounds like a quick way to get hit by a big fine from the EU - I’d probably attribute this to inconpetance rather than malice.
- vertex-four 8y ago
  There's a lot of companies that are currently attempting to skirt the GDPR, and are more likely than not failing to meet its requirements. There is very little technical guidance from the regulators right now on what they require from a consent dialog (what UI patterns are allowable, what are not, etc), and businesses like Oath that make their living off collecting and processing user data without consent are not going to change their business model without a fight - which will be dragged through the courts over the next few years because of the power involved on both sides.
UpshotKnothole 8y ago
A lot of sites seem to be doing this, and I don’t know if GDPR is really going to be well enforced. Has it just been too little time yet for us to know?
growt 8y ago
They may use some kind of Geo fence. I'm in the EU and every time I checked their list of cookies. They were all disabled by default.