French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookies rules

Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by that_guy_iain on Thursday December 10, 2020 @07:07AM (#25372797)

We're at the stage now where they can reasonably reliably track you without cookies. I think we need to focus more on restricting what companies can do with data than focusing on asking users permission for things. Popup-hell doesn't help anyone in my opinion.

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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by simpss on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:00AM (#25374325)

GDPR deals with identifiers that can tie data to a single individual. Cookie IDs are just one way of doing that, true.

That's why GDPR is so powerful and a well thought out regulation. Replace the technology completely, but GDPR still applies as user-unique identifiers are still used. ex, cookie with fingerprint.js, nothing really changes. You still need to ask for consent for user-level tracking.

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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by fsflover on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:15AM (#25373334)

AFAIK, this is exactly what GDPR is doing.

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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by that_guy_iain on Thursday December 10, 2020 @09:50AM (#25374218)

GDPR works well in this direction but it still adds in the informed consent which caused alot of the popups and the original cookie law was the EU as well. Basically, the EU while making the internet better is also making it worse. But it's a process and I think GDPR is a move in the right direction.

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