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I agree, it could be ugly. The GDPR is supposed to be great, but what practical impact did it have on most of us? Cookie consent dialogs everywhere.

Epskampie 4y ago
You can request and get a full copy of your data anywhere, and be fully deleted if you want. Every company has become aware and afraid of data leaks because they are required to report them. The cookie banner thing is… unfortunate.
- akie 4y ago
  If anything, the banner indicates that the site is tracking you. The site chooses to do that. The GDPR doesn't force them to.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  The cookie banner thing is... entirely optional. Just don't track your visitors, problem solved.
oaiey 4y ago
Cookie consent is not gdpr.
tester756 4y ago
Cookie consents predate GDPR. They're misused by sites. You don't need to show cookie consent if your cookies are purely technical (e.g auth)
jacquesm 4y ago
The impact is: far fewer data breaches in the EU than before, fewer of them wiped under the carpet, security no longer seen as a cost but as an important element in the IT strategy and with a seat at the table during design, operation and decommission (and in many cases: at the C level). On the whole the change has been remarkable, the last four years have seen a sea change in how corporations look at data, security and compliance. If all you associate with the GDPR is cookie consent dialogs then maybe these discussions are not for you?
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  That all sounds pretty rosy, and my BS-meter is pegged. I think it's just as likely that the corporations have figured out how to skirt the law and get everything they wanted anyway. > If all you associate with the GDPR is cookie consent dialogs then maybe these discussions are not for you? You realize that you are the unique one? Most people don't care about abstract concepts of digital privacy and just hit whatever button on that dialog that makes it go away. Who knows what they're opting in to, and they don't really care. These are definitely the sorts of things we should factor into regulation lest we continue to pave that road to hell with shiny good intentions.
  - robonerd 4y ago
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  - int_19h 4y ago
    People in EU did care enough about privacy to vote in the politicians who passed GDPR, no?
dwaite 4y ago
Cookie consent is not compliant with GDPR - I need an ability to retract my consent as easily as I gave it, which zero of those sites actually provide. If the EU ever actually starts enforcing GDPR, I expect a quick reckoning.
coffeefirst 4y ago
This is also the IAB's fault by trying to be clever and decide "the user will just consent to everything" in order to continue business as usual. It did not have to be this way.

Epskampie 4y ago

You can request and get a full copy of your data anywhere, and be fully deleted if you want. Every company has become aware and afraid of data leaks because they are required to report them. The cookie banner thing is… unfortunate.

akie 4y ago
If anything, the banner indicates that the site is tracking you. The site chooses to do that. The GDPR doesn't force them to.
jacquesm 4y ago
The cookie banner thing is... entirely optional. Just don't track your visitors, problem solved.

oaiey 4y ago

Cookie consent is not gdpr.

tester756 4y ago

Cookie consents predate GDPR. They're misused by sites. You don't need to show cookie consent if your cookies are purely technical (e.g auth)

jacquesm 4y ago

The impact is: far fewer data breaches in the EU than before, fewer of them wiped under the carpet, security no longer seen as a cost but as an important element in the IT strategy and with a seat at the table during design, operation and decommission (and in many cases: at the C level). On the whole the change has been remarkable, the last four years have seen a sea change in how corporations look at data, security and compliance. If all you associate with the GDPR is cookie consent dialogs then maybe these discussions are not for you?

rootusrootus 4y ago
That all sounds pretty rosy, and my BS-meter is pegged. I think it's just as likely that the corporations have figured out how to skirt the law and get everything they wanted anyway. > If all you associate with the GDPR is cookie consent dialogs then maybe these discussions are not for you? You realize that you are the unique one? Most people don't care about abstract concepts of digital privacy and just hit whatever button on that dialog that makes it go away. Who knows what they're opting in to, and they don't really care. These are definitely the sorts of things we should factor into regulation lest we continue to pave that road to hell with shiny good intentions.
- robonerd 4y ago
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- int_19h 4y ago
  People in EU did care enough about privacy to vote in the politicians who passed GDPR, no?

dwaite 4y ago

Cookie consent is not compliant with GDPR - I need an ability to retract my consent as easily as I gave it, which zero of those sites actually provide. If the EU ever actually starts enforcing GDPR, I expect a quick reckoning.

coffeefirst 4y ago

This is also the IAB's fault by trying to be clever and decide "the user will just consent to everything" in order to continue business as usual. It did not have to be this way.