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Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by AndyMcConachie on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:42AM (#18120972)
It's much to early to understand any of the effects of the GDPR yet. We'll need to see some case history before we can even understand what companies will be penalized for, or how they can come into compliance.

It might not be necessary, or even compliant, to notify and gather consent for cookies via popup. This is just something that many web site operators are assuming will bring them into compliance, but there's no way to know that yet. Just like there's no way to know if you'll still be clicking through cookie prompts 5 years from now once we have a few GDPR test cases.

Let's wait and see how this all plays out.

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Re:Brendan Eich Writes to the US Senate: We Need a GDPR for ... by zdragnar on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:23PM (#18123076)
This is my biggest problem with GDPR. Noone knows how to comply with the rules, because the rules won't be understood until someone gets punished for violating them. Good intentions, imho, do not make for good laws.
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