Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by PeterisP on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:40AM
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Everyone's privacy will be protected - the same consent restrictions will also apply to your paid customers. Free webservices are not the majority of the world's businesses, a big part of why GDPR was needed is because all the paid online and offline services also traded all their subscriber private data; and with GDPR you can't just have a line in your paid service terms&conditions that allows you to screw their privacy.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by umvi on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:59AM
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Yes, I understand that. However, do you acknowledge that current monetization methods for "free tiers" of services generally involve cookies/tracking? If so, you also acknowledge said free tiers must go away if the service is to operate in EU, correct? If so, wouldn't you agree the EU poor will have access to fewer online services than their USA peers?
Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU...
by wlll on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @02:41PM
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> do you acknowledge that current monetization methods for "free tiers" of services generally involve cookies/tracking?
I guess it depends wether you consider free plans to be a loss leader for the paid plans.
If you don't want to operate a free service that is without tracking, then don't. No-one is forcing you to, but you should be aware that you still need to follow the law for paying users too.