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The GDPR is an unalloyed good for consumer protection. The fact that stupid website designers and even stupider web marketers want to collect useless informati
by rswail 4y ago
The GDPR is an unalloyed good for consumer protection.
The fact that stupid website designers and even stupider web marketers want to collect useless information to the point that they have to have complicated cookie acceptance banners is not the EU's fault.
The GDPR forces system designers to actually work out how to deal with their customers saying "forget about me" and the regulations have the force of law and fines behind them.
It makes it much easier as a designer to say "No you can't collect random information and make a profile of the customer that we can sell to unrelated companies, because otherwise we'll get a huge fine."
- roamerz 4y agoIt actually is the EU’s fault as before the law I didn’t need to click through anything. It’s a clear cause and affect. Also regardless of what websites say in the notices that I must click through I still manage privacy settings on my side through browser controls.