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GDPR should have been implemented as a standard that browser vendors should implement. e.g. ``` window.getPersonalDataPreferences() ``` It should only prompt
by tomelders 6y ago
GDPR should have been implemented as a standard that browser vendors should implement. e.g.
```
window.getPersonalDataPreferences()
```
It should only prompt the user to submit their preferences if no preferences were detected, or a specific permission is required to allow certain features.
People may argue that everyone will just turn everything off everywhere and forget about it, and I would argue "so what?".
The burden of GDPR has been dumped on the wrong people and has become so tedious to administer it's basically useless and a massive waste of time and energy.
- Nextgrid 6y agoWe had that in the form a "Do Not Track" header and not only did nobody obey it, but malicious actors actually used it as an extra fingerprinting vector to track you even more.
- M2Ys4U 6y agoThe GDPR is not a cookie law. It's not even an internet law. The GDPR applies when any processing of any data is done regardless of context.