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They tried (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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EDIT: I didn't realize the anger this would bring out of people. It was supposed to be a funny meme based on recent real-life situations I've encountered, not an attack on the EU.

I appreciate the effort of the EU cookie laws. The practice of them just doesn't live up to the theory of the law. Shady companies are always going to find a way to be shady.

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[+] 325 points 2 years ago* (8 children)
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  • [–] 117 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    IIRC the EU also ruled that burying the rejection options under additional links counts as a violation. Hence why Google now has a Reject button next to the accept button. Most sites still do that.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Do you know if there is a EU-wide place to report such behavior?

    The biggest privately owned TV channel in my country not only does that, but actually just redirects you to a pdf file if you want to "manage cookies". And it's not like I can submit a complaint on a national level, as the ruling party's website uses google analytics without a cookie notice at all.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think you report to your nation's Data Protection Centre, each member has their own that takes the reports. If I was still in the EU I would have put more time into finding out how reports work.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I mean almost all websites fall foul of that. You often have to bury deep and end up with a palette of complicated choices and acceptances of individual tracking companies. It’s a bloody mess. The EU should just have mandated “do not track” adherence. There’s already a standard; just enforce it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Most sites definitely don't do this

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    Yeah this is very common, I don't know why other people on here are gaslighting like it doesn't happen. It's this way for major sites like YouTube/Twitter/Twitch/etc too. Hell even embedding a YouTube video on a site is violating GDPR. It's a good idea, but needs a version 2.0 patch to fix some exploits.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They're still widely used for some (illegal) reason

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because they rest safe in the knowledge that you rarely if ever get taken to court for it. There are millions of web pages, it needs people to take action to do something about it, and just clicking "Yes all of them" to access the content you were just trying to get to is a far better solution in most situations than hiring a lawyer and investing a few years of legal proceedings, nevermind the money.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    There is an organization called nyob (I think) pushing back against that and going through the courts to have more sites penalized for their violations. The process is slow, but I see more and more pages adopting the required "reject all" so there seems to be some pressure on them.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    even worse offenders are the ones with tick boxes for "Legitimate Interest", since legitimate interest is another grounds for processing (just ads freely given consent is one), the fact you got a "tick" box for it makes it NOT legitimate interest within the confines of the GDPR.

    it also doesn't matter what technology you use whether its cookies / urls / images / local storage / spy satellites. its solely about how you use the data..

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    But what are they going to do about it?

    "Here's a fine, if you don't pay it your site can no longer operate in the EU"

    "... ok"

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The EU is an important market for many websites, so yeah, that is usually what happens.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We're specifically discussing websites that refuse to load in the EU anyways as per the post

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They found a way around: accept all cookies or pay 2€/months. And it was decied legal by GDPR authorities

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Some national authorities allow it, most don't. The final word will be from the CJEU or the EDPB.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The what or what?

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