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Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)

submitted 5 months ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

As much as I like the concept of GDPR, i think it didn't fo far enough. EU tried, but they should've thought it through a few more times. For example I would've loved for the cookie warning to have a mandated "No to everything, get fucked, and never ask about access from this IP again."-button

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Essentially that's mandated. Companies don't do it... But that is the law. And they can store a cookie with that info without requiring permission as it is essential to performing that action.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was actually not aware of that. Is there a way we can report them or force them into compliance somehow?

[–] ignirtoq@fedia.io 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought this article was a good, brief discussion on cookie banners. The summary is that the EU didn't mandate cookie banners, just acquiring consent. And they forbid common dark patterns making the "no" option more difficult to submit. It's the tech industry that settled on the terrible banners, and many of them (most?) don't actually conform to the law's requirements.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 6 points 5 months ago

A great thing about the banners is that it's not immediately obvious to everyone that websites are trying to track their every step online. The banners are annoying, but at least it pushes the tech industry to play with open cards.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.de 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can complain with your local data protection agency.

Basically the law is that rejecting cookies must be exactly as easy as accepting them, so if there's an "accept all" button, there also has to be a "reject all" button right next to it, same size, same visibility.

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Bro that is mandated already in the law goddamn

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 9 points 5 months ago

It is mandated. The companies are simply violating the rules.

[–] kaputter_Aimbot@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Those banners are the perfect example of malicious compliance! The data collecting companies did their best to barely comply but in the most annoying way. Just to point out, that it is the GDPRs/EUs fault your internet browsing experience got so much worse!

I highly recommend at least using the content blocker uBlock Origin!

More info at privacyguides.org (alt domain).

User guide explaining the blocking modes.