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Re:My chatbot is dead – Why yours should probably be too by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @04:38AM (#24835116)
> And on the question of GDPR modals, I'm afraid I have to say that they are an absolute legal necessity.

They absolutely are not a legal necessity if you don't do things you shouldn't be doing. That's the point of GDPR :).

But of course doing these things, putting up the popups, and then trying to direct users' anger at Brussels is empirically the revenue-maximizing strategy, so here we are.

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Re:My chatbot is dead – Why yours should probably be too by Tainnor on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:23AM (#24838398)
This is exactly right. The GDPR only says that you have to ask users for their consent if you want to use their data in a way that is not strictly required for the service they request from you. If you stop tracking your users, then you don't need to have stupid popups and modals, most of which are probably illegal anyway, since the default action tends to be the one that allows all the tracking cookies. The problem with GDPR is that it's not really being enforced much.
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