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> Millions of Americans rely on Europe's tough new privacy rules ...do they? I'm an American, and I sure wish the GDPR would crawl back from whence it came. Th
by darawk 8y ago
> Millions of Americans rely on Europe's tough new privacy rules
...do they? I'm an American, and I sure wish the GDPR would crawl back from whence it came. The only thing it does for me is show me gratuitous popup messages that I have to mindlessly click through.
- lukejduncan 8y agoNot sure why you’re being downvoted. This is a fair comment.
- mwilliaams 8y agoI think there’s some truth on both sides. The cookie warnings are definitely annoying.
- baroffoos 8y agoThe new warnings the GDPR came with are much better. Now you can actually say no.
- tomatocracy 8y agoHahaha yeah right. If you can navigate the dark patterns to find the links to the opt outs from tracking then click through to 100 other websites and find their own opt outs (if they exist). Then trust them that they’re actually going to comply, won’t accidentally lose your settings etc. Browser extensions to block them in the first place are still much more effective.
- CalRobert 8y agoThat's a violation of GDPR. They need to be opt-in to be legal, not opt-out.
- maccard 8y agoOk that's great - what does that mean? How do I make them make it an opt in? I contacted ICO in the UK about a breach (amazon sending unsolicited marketing emails through the order update system) - ICO told me to talk to Amazon, who said "Oh we're sorry" and ignored me. Just because it's against the law, doesn't mean companies wo'nt do it.
- M2Ys4U 8y agoYou have to complain to the organisation first, before a supervisory authority will take action. You can also appeal any decision of the ICO to the Information Tribunal if you're unsatisfied.
- gumby 8y agoI un-downvoted the comment but millions do appreciate that at least somebody is trying to do the right thing.
- wukerplank 8y agoGDPR is not just cookie banners. It's about putting the users in control of their data. It empowers you more than ever to find out what kind of data is collected about you, how/why it is used and with whom it gets shared.
- DoofusOfDeath 8y agoTo be fair, there are hundreds of millions of Americans, so that statement may be literally true.
- caprese 8y agoI appreciate the European Collective Bargaining against corporations
- CalRobert 8y agoWell, Americans who are EU residents like myself appreciate it greatly. And you usually can get by those popups with reader mode - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clu...