> deny is the default Article 6 and 7 of the GDPR > respect DO NOT TRACK, and force software/hardware providers to enable it by default There is other softwa

> deny is the default Article 6 and 7 of the GDPR > respect DO NOT TRACK, and force software/hardware providers to enable it by default There is other software and other areas of human activity than just cookies and browsers. Also, with "deny is default" you shouldn't really nead the DNT. But tell that to the ad/tracking industry > making payments for non-tracking illegal Generally derived from GDPR. See e.g. recital 43 https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-43/ https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-43/ > remove or rephrase "legitimate interest" ruling, because providers use that as an excuse to enable everything It's there because actual legitimate activities like security audits or fraud detection would not be possible. EU expects companies to act as adults, but here we are. > prohibit any other dark pattern, or at least make it extremely hard to implement This cannot be properly specified. And existing laws and regulations already cover that. See the article we're commenting under. And noyb's previous cases: https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come