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GDPR isn't a cookie law, it's a data privacy law. Cookies aren't the problem, it's what people are doing with the data that's the issue. You can track people w
by wlll 6y ago
GDPR isn't a cookie law, it's a data privacy law. Cookies aren't the problem, it's what people are doing with the data that's the issue.
You can track people with all sorts of other means other than cookies, you would also need to get people's permission to do this.
- contravariant 6y agoWe were specifically discussing the cookie banners though.
- wlll 6y agoYes, but in the context of GDPR, which doesn't really go into detail about cookies, "…throughout its’ 88 pages, it only mentions cookies directly once" - https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ https://gdpr.eu/cookies/. The issue is handling of PII, tracking users and the hoops companies are jumping through to try to trick users into agreeing to allow this. In reality forcing users to select through the myriad of cookies that many sites set isn't practical, and doesn't get round the fact that you still would have to "Receive users’ consent before you use any cookies except strictly necessary cookies." A better technical solution would be to enforce that web applications respect a client header that specifies the level of cookies the client will allow (see https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ https://gdpr.eu/cookies/). An even better solution to this would be to stop the invasive tracking and profiling of users that has brought us to this point at all.