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Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve you... by qtzfz on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:48AM (#35567445)
What info? My IP address and the pages I've visited inside their site? By visiting a site I know I'm giving that info to them, they can do whatever they want with it.
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Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve you... by jeltz on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:49AM (#35567455)
Not without breaking the law.
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Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve you... by qtzfz on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:52AM (#35567476)
Which is why it's a stupid law that has made everybody's lives worse, both the businesses and the users.
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Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve you... by hammyhavoc on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:34AM (#35567815)
Why is it a stupid law? Why should businesses be free to look up the IP and figure out who is looking at their page? An IP can reveal a lot of information, especially if there's servers hanging off of it.
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Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve you... by mschild on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:53AM (#35567492)
That's great if youre fine with it. I'm not. I don't want some shitty, 3rd rate, ad slinging company to know what websites I visited.
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Re:Stop whining about “The EU Cookie Policy” and improve you... by illiarian on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:52AM (#35567478)
> What info?

Any personally identifiable information.

GDPR is not a complex law no matter how shady businesses and clueless devs are trying to tell you. It's also been in effect for 7 years. You'd think it's enough time to have at least some clue on what it's about.

And yet we still have these inane threads on HN claiming it's about cookie popups, and people having no idea what info trackers collect.

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