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Re:GDPR: Is It Worth It? by estebank on Friday May 17, 2024 @09:54AM (#40389910)
GDPR is not the ePrivacy directive.

The later is the one that resulted in the cookie banners, the former protects the right of Europeans to have their private data remain so.

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Re:GDPR: Is It Worth It? by troupo on Friday May 17, 2024 @10:06AM (#40390079)
Even with ePrivacy Directive you don't need the dark pattern banners the industry puts up
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Re:GDPR: Is It Worth It? by estebank on Friday May 17, 2024 @10:08AM (#40390100)
Correct. The banners started as malicious compliance and then became the "industry norm" so everyone followed through.
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