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Popups everywhere. Insane bureaucracy, even at the doctor. And when it matters, it's just being ignored. Most (medium-sized) companies haven't even realized the

by s9w 7y ago

Popups everywhere. Insane bureaucracy, even at the doctor. And when it matters, it's just being ignored. Most (medium-sized) companies haven't even realized there is a new law.

raverbashing 7y ago
I haven't noticed any "insane bureaucracy" at the doctor, but there's a new box to tick in the signup forms > And when it matters, it's just being ignored. Where is that? Though you're welcome to point those out to your country regulator. > Most (medium-sized) companies haven't even realized there is a new law. Actually they have, I was surprised at getting emails from medium sized, non-online business about it
- arkenoi 7y ago
  > > And when it matters, it's just being ignored. > Where is that? Though you're welcome to point those out to your country regulator. Blanket forced consent in terms "we need to track you because we have a business need, take that or leave", despite being explicitly prohibited in all GDPR-related guidelines is still something you get away with. Also one word: Facebook.
  - raverbashing 7y ago
    Yes, I agree that most websites continue to do that, though to be honest the cookie management works in several websites But I use ad blocking/cookie blocking so I guess it works the way I want regardless of what they think
mderazon 7y ago
Popup situation is really bad There should be a standard implementation of these popups so that I don't have to do it for each new website on each new browser again and again.
- lucb1e 7y ago
  That would not be legally valid: you can't give a blanket consent for an unspecified party to do anything with your personal data. Also, as I mentioned in another comment just now (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21857843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21857843), the banner means they want to do something that you probably don't want, because that's why they have to ask consent. The banner is not needed for things like visitor counting, browsing products in a webshop, or other expected operations that involve personal data. It's only necessary when they do something that requires consent (see the link for an example).

by s9w 7y ago

Popups everywhere. Insane bureaucracy, even at the doctor. And when it matters, it's just being ignored. Most (medium-sized) companies haven't even realized there is a new law.

raverbashing 7y ago

I haven't noticed any "insane bureaucracy" at the doctor, but there's a new box to tick in the signup forms > And when it matters, it's just being ignored. Where is that? Though you're welcome to point those out to your country regulator. > Most (medium-sized) companies haven't even realized there is a new law. Actually they have, I was surprised at getting emails from medium sized, non-online business about it

arkenoi 7y ago
> > And when it matters, it's just being ignored. > Where is that? Though you're welcome to point those out to your country regulator. Blanket forced consent in terms "we need to track you because we have a business need, take that or leave", despite being explicitly prohibited in all GDPR-related guidelines is still something you get away with. Also one word: Facebook.
- raverbashing 7y ago
  Yes, I agree that most websites continue to do that, though to be honest the cookie management works in several websites But I use ad blocking/cookie blocking so I guess it works the way I want regardless of what they think

mderazon 7y ago

Popup situation is really bad There should be a standard implementation of these popups so that I don't have to do it for each new website on each new browser again and again.

lucb1e 7y ago
That would not be legally valid: you can't give a blanket consent for an unspecified party to do anything with your personal data. Also, as I mentioned in another comment just now (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21857843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21857843), the banner means they want to do something that you probably don't want, because that's why they have to ask consent. The banner is not needed for things like visitor counting, browsing products in a webshop, or other expected operations that involve personal data. It's only necessary when they do something that requires consent (see the link for an example).