3 ms·
That’s a new one. Cookie pop ups caused Brexit, you say? Interesting because the Brexit vote happened in June 2016 and GDPR came into effect two years later in
by nindalf 4y ago
That’s a new one. Cookie pop ups caused Brexit, you say? Interesting because the Brexit vote happened in June 2016 and GDPR came into effect two years later in May 2018.
But what’s funny is, you’re right in a way. Many of the criticisms of the EU were just elaborate fictions concocted by right wing tabloids. We can add “GDPR caused Brexit” to that pile of falsehoods.
- madeofpalk 4y agoTo be fair (not that it's needed), cookie popups were EU law before GDPR
- xnorswap 4y agoWorth noting that the "cookie popup" law was older than GDPR.
- Reason077 4y agoCookie popups have been around since long before the GDPR. They started with the EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) passed in 2002 and amended in 2009. So although people now associate them with the GDPR, cookie popups were already an annoyance for many years before. Unfortunately, the UK seems to be taking advantage of the (rightful) public backlash against cookie popups to also try to revoke many of the good parts of the GDPR.