Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ...
by PontifexMinimus on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:58AM
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> a better way forward would be allowing users to configure their browsers to automatically communicate cookie preferences and consent
Yes. I should only have to say once (or better still not at all) that I don't want to be tracked, and then it would automatically apply to everything.
> regulators would have to work with the tech industry to make that happen
"work with the tech industry" sounds a bit too much like the regulators think they get what they want, but the tech industry really get what they want.
Regulators need to be able to impose a solution on an unwilling tech industry, who'll never agree to it unless forced.
> And meanwhile companies will keep inventing workarounds like FLoC to track users without cookies.
Any such workarounds need to be explicitly make illegal.
Yes. I should only have to say once (or better still not at all) that I don't want to be tracked, and then it would automatically apply to everything.
> regulators would have to work with the tech industry to make that happen
"work with the tech industry" sounds a bit too much like the regulators think they get what they want, but the tech industry really get what they want.
Regulators need to be able to impose a solution on an unwilling tech industry, who'll never agree to it unless forced.
> And meanwhile companies will keep inventing workarounds like FLoC to track users without cookies.
Any such workarounds need to be explicitly make illegal.