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“Congrats all we maybe fixed the problem we created in the first place! Let’s celebrate!” Also - wasn’t this program voluntary? This seems like the height of b
by sailfast 7mo ago
“Congrats all we maybe fixed the problem we created in the first place! Let’s celebrate!”
Also - wasn’t this program voluntary? This seems like the height of backslapping. Would have been better if they just sat on their hands and did nothing in the first place.
- nickslaughter02 7mo ago> Would have been better if they just sat on their hands and did nothing in the first place You described 95% of EU's work.
- rsynnott 7mo ago> Also - wasn’t this program voluntary? This gave companies permission to do things which would ordinarily be illegal under the ePrivacy directive, but did not make it mandatory for them to do so. That permission is now revoked (or will be when the derogation they were trying to extend expires in two weeks).
- EmbarrassedHelp 7mo agoIt was actually voluntary, and then the EU Commission got greedy and tried to make it mandatory. Now they have nothing.