Re:Sites using Facebook ‘Like’ button liable for data, EU co...
by floatingatoll on Sunday August 04, 2019 @01:12PM
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They're not 'missing' anything. They're trying to convince others to agree with them.
Either they take a stand against holding all businesses liable for transfer of data, or those who pay them a membership fee will see an increase in liability or a decrease in the perceived precision of advertising data.
They're not missing the forest for the trees. They're busy logging the forest for the trees, and would very much like everyone to hear their call to action and join their side.
Re:Sites using Facebook ‘Like’ button liable for data, EU co...
by tastroder on Sunday August 04, 2019 @04:06PM
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For context: Bitkom is pretty much a lobby organization and usually takes the most company friendly standpoint they can find, that's quite normal at this point.
Re:Sites using Facebook ‘Like’ button liable for data, EU co...
by raverbashing on Sunday August 04, 2019 @12:03PM
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Also the "without enhancing customer protection" is not correct. The mere act of loading a page with the like button causes data to go to fb
One solution would be to have a "turn on like" button, but the image solution that some comments point out seems like a good option as well
(Or fb could have data sent only when the person clicked the button, but that's unlikely to happen)
Swap "costly" for "mildly inconvenient" and then I could almost see where they're coming from but I think they're missing the forest for the trees here. Let the "like button" die, rulings like this take the wind out from beneath it and eventually it's a metric you'll never be burdened with.