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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by StopDisinfo910 on Thursday May 15, 2025 @04:38AM (#43993040)
I think the current situation is actually quite good. GDPR was well thought out.

You need to be clear about what you collect, get clear consent (and all the courts decisions on that are actually going in the direction that it really needs to be clear and specific) and give people the ability to have their own data modified.

Plus, enforcement makes a lot of sense. Companies get a lot of warning before things escalte and fines are proportional to companies results so it hurts but is not a death sentence unless they repeatedly offend.

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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by Semaphor on Thursday May 15, 2025 @05:13AM (#43993190)
> Companies get a lot of warning before things escalte

Yeah, we once got contacted by our local DPA about some issues. Mailed us a list of issues they had with our site. I set up a call with them for some clarification, and they were happy to go into detail. Then they just said to mail them when it’s done, or they’ll just re-check after some months. They are interested in actually changing things, not in fees.

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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by Sammi on Thursday May 15, 2025 @04:40AM (#43993054)
"The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine"
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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by PeterStuer on Thursday May 15, 2025 @10:10AM (#43995282)
"GDPR was well thought out"

And then we lobbied in "legitimate interest".

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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by troupo on Thursday May 15, 2025 @12:16PM (#43996526)
> And then we lobbied in "legitimate interest".

There's a charitable way to view it: there are a lot of human endeavours. You can spend a few centuries trying to classify all of them and put them in to law, or you allow "legitimate interests".

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Re:EU ruling: tracking-based advertising [...] across Europe... by PeterStuer on Friday May 16, 2025 @12:14PM (#44007176)
I would be more charitable if this was not the exploit used to make you hunt for 30 or more switches 2 levels deep in a consent dialog to avoid being tracked forever across the entire internet if you ever misclick one on any site visit.
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