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The EU enacted the GDPR laws and that had a worldwide positive effect. Yes, GDPR is of course not perfect, but it is much better than the previous status quo.

The EU enacted the GDPR laws and that had a worldwide positive effect. Yes, GDPR is of course not perfect, but it is much better than the previous status quo. So yes, even though the EU is ridiculed in this joke it actually makes important contributions. Perhaps the only issue is that well-designed regulation is usually so subtle that people don't even recognize the benefits, or take it for granted...

Gud 4y ago
In what way has GDPR been a success? It seems most of what it did was complicate web development and force annoying pop ups on everyone. I'm pretty sure Google etc. still know everything there is to know about me.
- data_maan 4y ago
  The answer to this can be easily found online, so I'll just repeat my earlier ending: "that people don't even recognize the benefits, or take it for granted"
- MattPalmer1086 4y ago
  The whole cookie nonsense is not caused by GDPR at all, it is actually the ePrivacy Directive. GDPR itself only mentions cookies once and only observes that they can be used to profile people. It contains no instructions on what to do about that. The majority of GDPR is a bunch of mostly sensible privacy principles, such as if you manage personal data, you have to look after it well, and not use it for purposes it wasn't collected for.
- teddyh 4y ago
  > most of what it did was complicate web development Only for those wanting to track users. Don’t track users, it’s all good, ignore GDPR all you like. > and force annoying pop ups on everyone. Pop ups reminding you that all those web sites: 1. Want to track users more than they wanted to avoid annoying users 2. Want to blame the annoying pop-ups on the GDPR instead of, you know, the tracking.
  - data_maan 4y ago
    This is actually a really good, succinct description of one (!) of the many benefits of GDPR. Others being that encryption is enforced, you have a clearer picture what of your data companies can process etc.

Gud 4y ago

In what way has GDPR been a success? It seems most of what it did was complicate web development and force annoying pop ups on everyone. I'm pretty sure Google etc. still know everything there is to know about me.

data_maan 4y ago
The answer to this can be easily found online, so I'll just repeat my earlier ending: "that people don't even recognize the benefits, or take it for granted"
MattPalmer1086 4y ago
The whole cookie nonsense is not caused by GDPR at all, it is actually the ePrivacy Directive. GDPR itself only mentions cookies once and only observes that they can be used to profile people. It contains no instructions on what to do about that. The majority of GDPR is a bunch of mostly sensible privacy principles, such as if you manage personal data, you have to look after it well, and not use it for purposes it wasn't collected for.
teddyh 4y ago
> most of what it did was complicate web development Only for those wanting to track users. Don’t track users, it’s all good, ignore GDPR all you like. > and force annoying pop ups on everyone. Pop ups reminding you that all those web sites: 1. Want to track users more than they wanted to avoid annoying users 2. Want to blame the annoying pop-ups on the GDPR instead of, you know, the tracking.
- data_maan 4y ago
  This is actually a really good, succinct description of one (!) of the many benefits of GDPR. Others being that encryption is enforced, you have a clearer picture what of your data companies can process etc.