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From TFA: It’s also a sign that GDPR, Europe’s landmark privacy law that was introduced in 2018, actually has teeth. I've been saying this ever since I took s
by mpweiher 4y ago
From TFA: It’s also a sign that GDPR, Europe’s landmark privacy law that was introduced in 2018, actually has teeth.
I've been saying this ever since I took some seminars on how the GDPR actually worked after it was passed (and before it came into effect). People, particularly in the SV tech bubble, laughed and said (and presumably thought) this was Cooke Banners 2.0.
It's not.
And in fact, almost all the GDPR banners now used are illegal, and as we can see, this will be enforced. It just takes time, because GDPR is a sensible law that aims for compliance, not for fines. So at first there will be notifications, information, smaller fines. But they will escalate until compliance is achieved.
And yes, as the title says, this is the end of Surveillance Capitalism. Good riddance.
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoSo there can't be OBVIOUS evidence users are being tracked. Or explicit. But every site "tracks" its users. Logins are tracking. Just offload the illegal stuff to rotating fallguys. WE didn't create the targeted ad, we just serve ads. THEY made the ad. HOW did they target it? We don't know, ask them. Or, they analyze the legal corner cases until the exception becomes the garage door you drive a train through. I applaud the GDPR and other legislation, but it won't last.
- mpweiher 4y agoThey already tried the fall guy approach: it failed. The companies that contracted them were found liable. GDPR doesn’t care about the loopholes you think you found. They’re illusory, as companies are discovering. Now they will continue to try, but as you can see with the FB case, they will continue to fail. This is the end of surveillance capitalism.
- jonas-w 4y agoSorry, couldn't find it online, what exactly does TFA mean?
- k12sosse 4y agoThe featured article, I believe.
- wkat4242 4y agoIndeed, though informally the F can also stand for something else much akin to the acronym RTFM. Depends on the context :) In this case featured seems to be the intended word indeed.
- jonas-w 4y agoThank you guys, i see TFA everyday and i know that the post is meant but the exact wording always was a puzzle to me.
- mpweiher 4y agoThe Fine Article