Re:Discord Inc. fined 800 000 euros by the CNIL, GDPR regula...
by Nullabillity on Thursday November 17, 2022 @03:10PM
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> We're talking about a fundamental regulation hurting innovation here.
Which innovation is being hurt by this?
> yet we're the ones giving our data (which we don't have to)
In practice, there's not much of a choice between "give up your data" and "don't participate in society". It makes sense to use regulation to fix that.
> forcing a ridiculous amount of cookie accept boxes virtually on every website on Earth is not the way to go.
The GDPR provides a great way to avoid consent boxes: stop tracking your users!
Which innovation is being hurt by this?
> yet we're the ones giving our data (which we don't have to)
In practice, there's not much of a choice between "give up your data" and "don't participate in society". It makes sense to use regulation to fix that.
> forcing a ridiculous amount of cookie accept boxes virtually on every website on Earth is not the way to go.
The GDPR provides a great way to avoid consent boxes: stop tracking your users!