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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by sunaurus on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:03AM (#30414859)
It seems you're not fully clear on what GDPR is. You could check this page for more info: https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/

Just as a very brief note: it's not really about cookies, it's more about how companies should store data about people and what kind of rights people have concerning that data.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by MrYellowP on Friday February 25, 2022 @04:55AM (#30465508)
AND NOBODY FUCKING CARES! THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT!

ALL IT IS

IS AN ANNOYING WINDOW

WHICH HAS TO BE CLICKED AWAY!

That's what I mean by "detached from reality." For you it's something glorified, but the vast majority of humanity do not give a flying fuck and just think it's annoying.

You think this is good!

It's not!

You're just so deep in that bubble, you don't fucking recognize that your bubble isn't actual reality!

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by sunaurus on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:02AM (#30465548)
Again, go ahead and read the link I posted. You're talking about cookie consent pop-ups, those are not what the GDPR is about at all. Putting a cookie consent pop-up on your website does not make you compliant with the GDPR.

The GDPR is about protecting personal information of EU citizens, giving them rights to demand access to data that is held about them, and giving them rights to request deletion of any personal data that is held about them.

To be super clear, I'm not saying that cookie consent pop-ups are good - I also think they're not really serving any real purpose. But this fact has very little to do with the GDPR!

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