Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good management

Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by yourusername on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @08:29AM (#39603092)

I actually like them. It's eye opening when a a website wants to share your data with their 283 partners.

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by mk89 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @08:57AM (#39603463)

283? You're talking about a personal blog, right?

I have seen 500+. Which is like wtf is going on.

I can't even name 500+ companies or websites, who the hell are these companies?

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by isoprophlex on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:08AM (#39603616)

My personal best: 1609. We care about your privacy! https://www.neverbeclever.org/blog/we-care-about-your-privac...

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by Phemist on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:29AM (#39603884)

Obviously they do care, in the sense that they want to dissolve any remaining semblance of it.

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by Phemist on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:31AM (#39603925)

And while searching to confirm the meaning of the word `semblance`, I found that the Cambridge Dictionary needs to up their game at only 775 partners.

https://imgur.com/a/arX6Z6S

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by dspillett on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:13AM (#39603673)

I hit back instantly when I see the Admiral logo. That network IIRC claims >1,500 partners. And last time I bothered looking even though there is a few “no to all” checkboxes you still needed to individually object to “legitimate interest”¹ for most of the companies.

[1] which I read as “we see you and your privacy preferences, but fuck you and your preferences we want to stalk you anyway”

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by Sharlin on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @10:29AM (#39604625)

This "legitimate interest" crap should be hit hard, with a few big examples made to warn others. The cases where you can claim legitimate interest are essentially "when the user agrees with you that it's legitimate", not "we have a legitimate interest in profiting off your data".

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by Sander_Marechal on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:35AM (#39603974)

TrustARC is also a really shitty one that tries to make you wait if you dare to opt out (and then sometimes even errors out halfway because "not all partners support SSL")

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by dspillett on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @10:38AM (#39604770)

> "not all partners support SSL"

Meaning “we've vetted our partners and found their security practises to be seriously wanting, but haven't kicked them to the curb because a very small amount of money is far more important to us than our claims to care about your security and/or privacy”.

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by throw10920 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @11:02PM (#39612158)

I'd much rather have a properly-enforced GDPR (see the modified version of the US's CAN-SPAM act, and in particular the near-universal presence of one-click and two-click "unsubscribe" links on commercial email) that actually gives me a one-click opt-out.

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