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GDPR is a huge step in the right direction and has made a big difference. But yes, it needs much more time.
by tjoff 4y ago
GDPR is a huge step in the right direction and has made a big difference. But yes, it needs much more time.
- stormdennis 4y agoHopefully it makes a real difference to compensate us for the never-ending, dark pattern cookie notices we have to endure as a result. Who wants a choice of 'Accept all' or 'Manage your settings' on every second webpage they land on?
- tjoff 4y agoThey are not GDPR compliant anyway, they just try to fight it by making GDPR look bad. Look for alternatives for such pathetic sites. Even Google of all places "respects" it now (after pressure). It becomes noticeably better every year.
- raverbashing 4y agoThese companies comply with GDPR as much as alcoholics comply with drinking driving laws by keeping a bottle on the trunk and stopping to take a swig once in a while
- HPsquared 4y agoBig centralized sites want that.
- jacquesm 4y agoYour beef is with the companies that do this, not with the GDPR.
- xp84 4y agoA law which causes the whole web to be worse for no reason deserves criticism. Managing cookies belongs in the browser, a place auditable and adjustable by the user. Not on every website in the world. GDPR may have had good outcomes too, and I am neutral on all other aspects, but whatever part of EU and California regulation led directly to cookie banners is a colossal failure which has benefitted no one (except possibly the dozens of snake oil cookie banner products which pretend to comply).
- iamflimflam1 4y agoIt's unfortunate that the attempt by companies to make people associate cookie popups with GDPR has worked. Understanding the data you collect, why you are collecting it, what you are using it for and what the risks are if the data is leaked is unsurprisingly a useful thing to do as a business.
- Puts 4y agoEspecially since the old cookie banner law was abolished with GDPR. The whole cookie banner thing has technically nothing to do with GDPR and is the industries own perverted invention for "getting consent".
- privacylawthrow 4y agoThis is not true. The national implementation of the ePrivacy Directive are still law. You are correct that GDPR does not require cookie banners, but the law that does was not replaced by GDPR and remains in effect.
- ownagefool 4y agoI would argue it's not useful to the business, which is why, ignoring the societal problems caused by business is often the default and why we need the regulation. In the UK, current news cycle is about sewage being dumped on our beaches by water companies that were previously privitised.
- lwhi 4y agoIt's useful to the business as soon as they're forced to be responsible.
- python999 4y ago> attempt by companies to make people associate cookie popups with GDPR I think GDPR is generally good for individuals and the internet but if someone hates cookie banners, isn’t it fair to place the blame on GDPR? Why can’t websites accept a special header which automatically accepts all cookies? I would enable it and handle clearing/retaining cookies myself through a browser feature/extension.
- wolongong942 4y agoDoes GDPR remove the legal requirement for financial institutions to hold data for 7 yrs? if not then it's mostly irrelevant in this case.
- Metus 4y agoNo. On the contrary, GDPR explicitly allows data to be stored if retention is required for law, such as all financial data for 10+ years. However, there is absolutely no need to hold all this data "hot" in the production system and not in a "cold" archive without automated connection.
- cccbbbaaa 4y agoAnd GDPR forbids holding the data for longer than necessary, except in some very restricted cases (cf. art. 5(1)e.)
- moooo99 4y agoThats the whole point of the initial comment. It is necessary to store some potential PII for long periods of time due to regulations from the same people that want you to get rid of all PII.
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- jacquesm 4y agoIt depends on the data and it depends on the way that you store it. Nobody tells you to store all your data in plaintext for seven years in the live environment on an internet accessible service, there is simply no such requirement. It also isn't necessarily a requirement that such permanent records are digital, this depends on the country.
- parkersweb 4y agoYes - GPDR very much changed the narrative from ‘keep all the things’ to ‘this stuff is a potential liability’.
- ilyt 4y agoMore like "It's a liability until proven it isn't". We've been able to finally throw away so much of old useless "WE MIGHT USE IT SOMEDAY" stuff coz of it...