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Man GDPR is such a pain to implement and UX-wise, but it seems to actually have improved personal data protection.

• Etheryte 6y ago
  I don't see what you mean. It's very easy to be GDPR compliant, just don't track your users. In fact, it's more work to be non-compliant than to be compliant.
  • sanxiyn 6y ago
    That depends on what you are doing. If you are doing ecommerce, you need shipping address. GDPR does add work in this case.
    • toomuchtodo 6y ago
      A little extra work in order to kill a lot of adtech is arguably a good thing.
    • laurowyn 6y ago
      Is not using the shipping address for any other reason than shipping an order really that much more effort? Sure, protecting that information is more effort, but you should be doing that already, right? not just from a GDPR perspective but a business perspective too - if a competitor can get a list of all your clients and send them brochures with 10% discount on your prices, you'll close down pretty quick.
      • bserge 6y ago
        Why do you have the list? Ideally, you purge their information after the order is delivered.
        • sanxiyn 6y ago
          I agree all systems should have better support for autocompletion so that users configure address only once for device, not for each service. Not only is this more private, it is also more convenient. Alas, until support is in place, remembering address is significantly more convenient for users.
        • laurowyn 6y ago
          "protection" would include deleting once no longer required, does it not? Can't lose something you don't have in the first place.
      • drstewart 6y ago
        > not just from a GDPR perspective but a business perspective too - if a competitor can get a list of all your clients and send them brochures with 10% discount on your prices, you'll close down pretty quick. Link to this ever happening pre-GDPR?
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        • laurowyn 6y ago
          This is pretty well documented in business law. former employee transfers to competitor, takes clientele with them. https://www.acumenbusinesslaw.co.uk/2018/07/23/a-former-employee-has-stolen-my-customers-and-is-targeting-my-staff-what-can-i-do-about-it/ https://www.acumenbusinesslaw.co.uk/2018/07/23/a-former-empl...
    • bserge 6y ago
      Amazing how people won't spare a minute to enter their details every time they place an order. To them, I'd say "order with Amazon, then", but sadly that's a lot of lost clients.
• e3bc54b2 6y ago
  I think that's the whole point of GDPR. Linda like the Windows alerts, if they are made/forced to be made obnoxious enough, the ux suffers and companies just learn to play nice instead.
• gsich 6y ago
  It's not. For non-essential stuff you need permission from your user. So don't track and you don't need to show a cookie banner even if you use cookies.
  • loa_in_ 6y ago
    You mean it's not a pain, or that it's not helpful?
    • gsich 6y ago
      Not a pain.
  • domano 6y ago
    It is not really about the cookie banner though. It is more about user info that is saved anywhere, so for things with accounts etc. it is really relevant.
• layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
  Yes, it is a pain to implement user-hostile “features” that GDPR was designed against. It’s working as intended!