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> Bitkom, a German trade federation for online businesses criticised the ruling, saying it would heap costly bureaucracy on firms without enhancing consumer pro
by lugg 7y ago
> Bitkom, a German trade federation for online businesses criticised the ruling, saying it would heap costly bureaucracy on firms without enhancing consumer protection.
What cost is involved by not embedding third party bescons on your website?
How does it not improve consumer protections? It's literally stopping doing the thing that is causing harm.
> “With its decision, the ECJ places enormous responsibility on thousands of website operators – from small travel blogs to online megastores and the portals of large publishers,” Bitkom CEA Bernard Rohleder said.
Yes, this is exactly how serious this situation is. I'm glad you're getting a handle on just how damn huge this problem really is. Aren't you glad we're finally doing something about it?
> He warned that the decision would go beyond Facebook and effect all social media plug ins, which are important for many firms to expand their reach on the web
Uh, yes, that's the the idea? Your firm's right to expand their reach does not overrule my right to privacy.
People can still share and like your links on the social platforms. It doesn't require me to be forced into it.
- DyslexicAtheist 7y agoBitkom criticizing it would be expected as it's a lobby group for "Neue Medien" and "Digital Transformation" and many of their members are AdTech and Analytics companies. https://lobbyfacts.eu/representative/3d75bcd811c04ccfbfa6d0cd61af1c39/bundesverband-informationswirtschaft-telekommunikation-und-neue-medien-e-v https://lobbyfacts.eu/representative/3d75bcd811c04ccfbfa6d0c...
- lugg 7y ago> it's a lobby group With weak arguments like those it seems it's not a very good one..
- johannes1234321 7y agoMind that Bitkom claims to represent German IT companies, but its leading members are (among others) Google (Google Commerce Limited, Google Germany GmbH), Facebook Germany GmbH, Microsoft (Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, LinkedIn Germany GmbH) https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste The board (Präsidium) includes the CEO of Microsoft Germany, IBM, Heweltt-Packard, Samsung as well as SAP (they are at least German), Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, etc. https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Organisation/Praesidium https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Organisation/Praesidium Bitkom is know to promote weak privacy rules and big data analysis.