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I think we can safely agree as of now GDPR is having ~zero effect (bar the annoying overlays) and quickly becoming another cookie law.
by a_imho 7y ago
I think we can safely agree as of now GDPR is having ~zero effect (bar the annoying overlays) and quickly becoming another cookie law.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoThe overlays are the start of something bigger, and are a significant change as is. Websites now are forced to tell you who's tracking you and let you turn off that tracking en masse without being unable to use the site.
- a_imho 7y agoComplaint is this is not happening at all. In fact, they would need to require an opt-in consent, not presenting obfuscated opt-outs which do not even work. It really does not help we have tables with few hundred companies listed.
- Rotareti 7y ago> It really does not help we have tables with few hundred companies listed. It helps so far that I (as a user) see upfront how much an article costs (in tracking data). I can then decide if I want to pay for it or not.
- Angostura 7y agoI think we can safely agree that GDPR is having substantial effects (I’ve worked on implementing it in 2 organisations) and that the banners we are seeing is a tiny element of what GDPR are about - an annoying edge case.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoIt's achieved a quite dramatic change in data breach reporting, thanks to that 72 hours requirement. https://www.dlapiper.com/en/uk/news/2019/02/dla-piper-gdpr-data-breach-survey/ https://www.dlapiper.com/en/uk/news/2019/02/dla-piper-gdpr-d...
- ionised 7y agoNo, we can't agree.