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Except for the part where blogs, templates, the uninformed, and the webdevs trying to CYA add the popups anyways regardless of whether or not they are needed be
by Jorge1o1 6y ago
Except for the part where blogs, templates, the uninformed, and the webdevs trying to CYA add the popups anyways regardless of whether or not they are needed because why run the legal risk?
- Nextgrid 6y agoThe way they are doing it doesn't actually comply with the law either, so the CYA aspect of it doesn't work as designed. Adding a popup doesn't do anything as far as the GDPR is concerned unless the popup allows you to decline tracking just as easily as it is to accept it (no pre-ticked boxes or anything). I believe the problem here is wrong advice leftover from the previous "cookie law" (which I agree is completely stupid) being repeated endlessly (either honestly or maliciously from the adtech/spyware industry to try and make the GDPR look more annoying to the users). I sometimes even see this wrong "advice" here on HN on GDPR-related threads.
- perl4ever 6y agoI just Googled for the top GDPR myths, and one of the first hits goes to a page purportedly listing just that, but I couldn't read it because...wait for it...the pop-up wouldn't go away unless I selected Accept Cookies. Yes, they do track users.
- geoka9 6y ago"CYA" == "Cover Your Ass"