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Re:Oracle’s BlueKai tracks people across the web – that data... by black_puppydog on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:18PM (#23577947)
> the vast majority of companies just turned off all operations to avoid an GDPR mess

Are you saying that regulation is effective? :)

Re:Oracle’s BlueKai tracks people across the web – that data... by soared on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:20PM (#23577966)
Yeah, from the perspective that tons of companies stopped doing business in Europe
Re:Oracle’s BlueKai tracks people across the web – that data... by merightnow on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:59PM (#23578320)
Can't think of a single company which did that and had any impact on me. I'm not able to read some news on a local foreign website once every few months and that's kind of everything.
Re:Oracle’s BlueKai tracks people across the web – that data... by maldeh on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:53PM (#23578267)
Sure, as long as we're not insinuating that's an inherently undesirable thing.

We're quite literally on a thread involving a product that collected tonnes of sensitive user data without a clear opt-out mechanism while failing to be an effective custodian, after all.

Re:Oracle’s BlueKai tracks people across the web – that data... by CamperBob2 on Friday June 19, 2020 @06:11PM (#23579357)
Sounds like the next wave of startup opportunities to me. "Obeying The Law And Not Being An Asshole As A Service."