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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by Isn0gud on Monday March 25, 2024 @09:28AM (#39816022)
Cookie prompts is the best example of bad faith compliance. Please inform yourself and don't spread this narritive further.
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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by shagie on Monday March 25, 2024 @12:47PM (#39818511)
https://gdpr.eu is an interesting site to visit on the matter, surely they have the best and most compliant implementation.

https://i.imgur.com/Ftuv74P.png

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by doublepg23 on Monday March 25, 2024 @10:11AM (#39816560)
I am once again posting the EU official site using cookie pop-ups https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en
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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by maxcoder4 on Monday March 25, 2024 @12:13PM (#39818134)
>The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to: >(...) >gather analytics data (about user behaviour).

Well they do collect user data using third party services. A bit disappointing, but banners seem to be necessary in this case.

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by doublepg23 on Monday March 25, 2024 @02:49PM (#39819940)
Quoting OP

> Cookie prompts is the best example of bad faith compliance

If cookie prompts are used by both by the official EU and GDPR sites then that was clearly the intent of the law.

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by aurareturn on Monday March 25, 2024 @09:35PM (#39823419)
You can’t argue with cookie prompt lovers. They love clicking on those useless buttons.
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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by YetAnotherNick on Monday March 25, 2024 @10:07AM (#39816506)
IMO if anything it's the opposite. EU could have made law to respect DNT header if they wanted privacy but they won't because it would hurt "their" companies. Instead they tried to be super vague and preferentially sue companies who they have qualms with and the companies which they could get money from.

My previous company hired a lawyer from EU for sorting out GDPR, and even according to him the law didn't prevented all things which hurts privacy like a normal person will assume.

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