We value your privacy now, but maybe not later

Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by deanCommie on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:52PM (#19007732)

GDPR execution has been a dumpster fire of usability dark patterns and user hostile design.

The web has not had this many pop-ups since the 1990s.

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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by sakisv on Saturday January 26, 2019 @03:07PM (#19008147)

The problem is not with the pop-ups, but with how many dark patterns are involved in getting your consent.

They could have made a simple pop-up, in simple language with two clear options and an optional dropdown showing all the "providers" but then again that would have been too user friendly.

Maybe GDPR should be revised to address these things, maybe even provide a template with 5 different color schemes that everyone should be forced to use.

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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by fabrika on Saturday January 26, 2019 @04:43PM (#19008700)

The problem for the majority of the visitors are pop-ups. Everyone just clicks the green button. No time to read two clear options or bother with dropdowns. That's how people behave.

These pop-ups are required by GDPR. If your site doesn't have a pop-up you risk losing 20M Euro.

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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by groestl on Saturday January 26, 2019 @04:28PM (#19008600)

This has very little to do with the GDPR. The GDPR allows the use of cookies under various provisions, and does not necessarily require user consent. These popups are about the ePrivacy directive (aka "cookie law"): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_and_Electronic_Commu...

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