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There is a german artcile about this here: https://www.heise.de/news/E-Privacy-Verordnung-EU-Rat-fuer-Vorratsdatenspeicherung-und-Cookie-Walls-5051963.html htt

by bluelu 3y ago

There is a german artcile about this here: https://www.heise.de/news/E-Privacy-Verordnung-EU-Rat-fuer-Vorratsdatenspeicherung-und-Cookie-Walls-5051963.html https://www.heise.de/news/E-Privacy-Verordnung-EU-Rat-fuer-V... Read the part about cookie walls for newspapers: Cookie-Wall soll bleiben Wer auf seiner Webseite unentgeltlich Nachrichteninhalte verfügbar macht und das durch Werbung finanziert, soll dabei Cookies ohne Zustimmung der Nutzer setzen können. Eine "Cookie-Wall" als Alternative zu einer Bezahlschranke soll also zulässig bleiben. User, die nicht für Werbezwecke analysiert werden möchten, müssen gegebenenfalls ein kostenpflichtiges Abo abschließen. Diese Klausel wird an die Voraussetzung geknüpft, dass der User prinzipiell zwischen verschiedenen Varianten wählen können. Dazu kommen weite Spielräume für Direktmarketing auch via Bots.

seabass-labrax 3y ago
Thank you. If I understand that article correctly, the European Council is proposing a carve-out in the GDPR for newspapers. That would make actions of Spiegel illegal at this moment and until the European Council's proposed exemption is implemented, as well as being illegal in Britain, where the GDPR was implemented originally but further European Union legislation is not automatically followed. Does that sound right to you?
- bluelu 3y ago
  I'm no expert, but I think this was accepted 2 1/2 years ago and is already implemented? https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/02/10/confidentiality-of-electronic-communications-council-agrees-its-position-on-eprivacy-rules/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021... Look here (referenced pdf in the above url): https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6087-2021-INIT/en/pdf https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6087-2021-I... (21aa) In some cases the use of processing and storage capabilities of terminal equipment and the collection of information from end-users' terminal equipment may also be necessary for providing a service, requested by the enduser, such as services provided in accordance with the freedom of expression and information including for journalistic purposes, e.g. online newspaper or other press publications as defined in Article 2 (4) of Directive (EU) 2019/790, that is wholly or mainly financed by advertising provided that, in addition, the end-user has been provided with clear, precise and user-friendly information about the purposes of cookies or similar techniques and has accepted such use.

by bluelu 3y ago

seabass-labrax 3y ago

Thank you. If I understand that article correctly, the European Council is proposing a carve-out in the GDPR for newspapers. That would make actions of Spiegel illegal at this moment and until the European Council's proposed exemption is implemented, as well as being illegal in Britain, where the GDPR was implemented originally but further European Union legislation is not automatically followed. Does that sound right to you?

bluelu 3y ago
I'm no expert, but I think this was accepted 2 1/2 years ago and is already implemented? https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/02/10/confidentiality-of-electronic-communications-council-agrees-its-position-on-eprivacy-rules/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021... Look here (referenced pdf in the above url): https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6087-2021-INIT/en/pdf https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6087-2021-I... (21aa) In some cases the use of processing and storage capabilities of terminal equipment and the collection of information from end-users' terminal equipment may also be necessary for providing a service, requested by the enduser, such as services provided in accordance with the freedom of expression and information including for journalistic purposes, e.g. online newspaper or other press publications as defined in Article 2 (4) of Directive (EU) 2019/790, that is wholly or mainly financed by advertising provided that, in addition, the end-user has been provided with clear, precise and user-friendly information about the purposes of cookies or similar techniques and has accepted such use.