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You can't lock people up if they're not doing anything illegal. The first step is to write a law making what they're doing illegal. Then if they keep doing it,
by Thorrez 11mo ago
You can't lock people up if they're not doing anything illegal. The first step is to write a law making what they're doing illegal. Then if they keep doing it, you'll be able to lock them up.
- troupo 11mo agoCompanies shipped illegal cookie banners that forced you to click every individual provider to opt-out. No one went to jail: https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come
- Thorrez 11mo agoDoes the existing law say that if someone creates a cookie banner like that, then the person can be sent to jail? If not, then the 1st step to jailing people is to change the law.
- troupo 11mo agoOh. I fully agree. The EU did find that IAB (behind one of the "industry standard banners") was liable for fines: https://www.euractiv.com/news/top-eu-court-finds-widely-employed-consent-system-violates-eu-privacy-regulation/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/top-eu-court-finds-widely-empl... But unfortunately that was partly dismissed on procedural grounds and went nowhere: https://techgdpr.com/blog/data-protection-digest-19052025-divided-court-ruling-on-iab-europe-data-brokers-and-national-security/ https://techgdpr.com/blog/data-protection-digest-19052025-di...