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As others have noted in the thread, this is quite illegal in the EU (telemetry should be opt-in, not opt-out). I'd like to see how they tackle that one.
by StavrosK 7y ago
As others have noted in the thread, this is quite illegal in the EU (telemetry should be opt-in, not opt-out). I'd like to see how they tackle that one.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoIs basically anyone actually doing this? Legitimate question. It doesn't make it okay, but as far as I can tell almost no one is actually following GDPR, despite the large theoretical penalties. They've all decided to just put up cookie notices (with dark patterns to elicit agreement), because it's easy and doesn't force fundamental changes to business practices.
- StavrosK 7y agoNo, not yet. I'm guessing they'll start after we see the first big lawsuits, we're still in an adjustment period.
- wlll 7y agoYeah, lots of sites are GDPR compliant, it's just more noticable when the hard to understand cookie pop up is used.
- vector_spaces 7y agoThe penalties aren't just theoretical -- see this list of actual enforcements http://enforcementtracker.com/ http://enforcementtracker.com/
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoWell, something isn't working if Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and now Gitlab are all still breaking the law.
- vector_spaces 7y agoYeah -- Google was fined too, but the sum is effectively peanuts for them https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/technology/google-europe-gdpr-fine.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/technology/google-europe-...