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> without having a cookie opt-out option A financial company playing fast and loose with the law, and especially data protection law, does not bode well. One

> without having a cookie opt-out option A financial company playing fast and loose with the law, and especially data protection law, does not bode well. One to avoid methinks.

blunte 5y ago
> A financial company playing fast and loose with the law That escalated quickly.
- YYYdoIdoit 5y ago
  > That escalated quickly Pfft The company clearly had poor legal advice and/or didn't think things through, yet they want my money and personal data? At the very least, you should consider this error analogous to the Van Halen 'no Brown M&Ms rider', in that it flags sloppy practice elsewhere [1]. [1] https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9 https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9
  - blunte 5y ago
    They were approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. That surely takes some serious legal effort and attention to detail. Also, their About Us page suggests that they are staffed by people from relevant financial services companies. Plus they are backed by some VCs who would not take risks by handing money to a company if they thought the legal side wasn't up to par. We don't know why there wasn't an annoying cookie popup. So assuming that the company in general plays "fast and loose" doesn't seem warranted.
    - YYYdoIdoit 5y ago
      > UK Financial Conduct Authority Frequently satirised in Private Eye [1] as the 'Fundamentally Complicit Authority' :-) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye
avs733 5y ago
on the other hand, an internet company playing fast and loose with EU cookie opt-outs seems so par for the course that I would take it as more suspicious if they were not?
- YYYdoIdoit 5y ago
  > an internet company playing fast and loose with EU cookie opt-outs seems so par for the course And I, like many, avoid business with any such companies who display a contempt for personal data. If my ISP did such a thing, they would be very quickly reported to the Information Commissioner. Also, I think you will find the UK is beholden to the GDPR. It isn't simply an "EU cookie" law as you seam to imply.

> without having a cookie opt-out option A financial company playing fast and loose with the law, and especially data protection law, does not bode well. One to avoid methinks.

blunte 5y ago

> A financial company playing fast and loose with the law That escalated quickly.

YYYdoIdoit 5y ago
> That escalated quickly Pfft The company clearly had poor legal advice and/or didn't think things through, yet they want my money and personal data? At the very least, you should consider this error analogous to the Van Halen 'no Brown M&Ms rider', in that it flags sloppy practice elsewhere [1]. [1] https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9 https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9
- blunte 5y ago
  They were approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. That surely takes some serious legal effort and attention to detail. Also, their About Us page suggests that they are staffed by people from relevant financial services companies. Plus they are backed by some VCs who would not take risks by handing money to a company if they thought the legal side wasn't up to par. We don't know why there wasn't an annoying cookie popup. So assuming that the company in general plays "fast and loose" doesn't seem warranted.
  - YYYdoIdoit 5y ago
    > UK Financial Conduct Authority Frequently satirised in Private Eye [1] as the 'Fundamentally Complicit Authority' :-) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye

avs733 5y ago

on the other hand, an internet company playing fast and loose with EU cookie opt-outs seems so par for the course that I would take it as more suspicious if they were not?

YYYdoIdoit 5y ago
> an internet company playing fast and loose with EU cookie opt-outs seems so par for the course And I, like many, avoid business with any such companies who display a contempt for personal data. If my ISP did such a thing, they would be very quickly reported to the Information Commissioner. Also, I think you will find the UK is beholden to the GDPR. It isn't simply an "EU cookie" law as you seam to imply.