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Surely that’s the reason and not the EU penalty for simply storing cookies “without consent” being so severe as to practically negate the value of EU citizens o

Surely that’s the reason and not the EU penalty for simply storing cookies “without consent” being so severe as to practically negate the value of EU citizens on the internet.

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creshal 3y ago
There's no reason for that site to use cookies in the first place.
guraf 3y ago
There's a lot more nuance to the GDPR. It's perfectly possible to use cookies and not need a banner. Our industry's use of banners is just a passive aggressive reaction to being told to respect our users.
hakfoo 3y ago
At this point, isn't consent compliance a solved problem? That they can't find a canned solution to suit their needs is eyebrow-raising.
martijnvds 3y ago
Cookies needed for a functional site can be used without notice. The permission popups are only needed if you want to gather and store data. And why do that if you don't want to use it? If you're really worried you can write a simple privacy policy stating your server stores some stuff like the client IP etc. (so you can do something like, block abuse) and then follow that policy to the letter by not doing anything else with the data you gather. It's not hard.
- jokethrowaway 3y ago
  Now imagine you don't give a shit about EU customers and just having to think of what our idiotic rules are is a waste of money. And all of this because I want to use google analytics and see how many people my landing page is getting? I would redirect us as well. I did the same for VATMOSS when I was not in Europe: if I need to spend 5 days implementing VAT rules and collecting proof, I need to evaluate what I'll make from EU customers and if that's not likely to be significantly more than implementation cost you can all go and buy stuff somewhere else. I just blame our idiot EU politicians for restricting freedom on the internet.
paulmd 3y ago
GDPR doesn't make it illegal to use cookies without consent.
justinclift 3y ago
It's also happening for Australian IP addresses, so it's unlikely to be GDPR related.

Surely that’s the reason and not the EU penalty for simply storing cookies “without consent” being so severe as to practically negate the value of EU citizens on the internet.

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creshal 3y ago

There's no reason for that site to use cookies in the first place.

guraf 3y ago

There's a lot more nuance to the GDPR. It's perfectly possible to use cookies and not need a banner. Our industry's use of banners is just a passive aggressive reaction to being told to respect our users.

hakfoo 3y ago

At this point, isn't consent compliance a solved problem? That they can't find a canned solution to suit their needs is eyebrow-raising.

martijnvds 3y ago

Cookies needed for a functional site can be used without notice. The permission popups are only needed if you want to gather and store data. And why do that if you don't want to use it? If you're really worried you can write a simple privacy policy stating your server stores some stuff like the client IP etc. (so you can do something like, block abuse) and then follow that policy to the letter by not doing anything else with the data you gather. It's not hard.

jokethrowaway 3y ago
Now imagine you don't give a shit about EU customers and just having to think of what our idiotic rules are is a waste of money. And all of this because I want to use google analytics and see how many people my landing page is getting? I would redirect us as well. I did the same for VATMOSS when I was not in Europe: if I need to spend 5 days implementing VAT rules and collecting proof, I need to evaluate what I'll make from EU customers and if that's not likely to be significantly more than implementation cost you can all go and buy stuff somewhere else. I just blame our idiot EU politicians for restricting freedom on the internet.

paulmd 3y ago

GDPR doesn't make it illegal to use cookies without consent.

justinclift 3y ago

It's also happening for Australian IP addresses, so it's unlikely to be GDPR related.