• Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    True, but it only got so popular because they had convinced both groups, hard and soft. I have no idea how they managed to convince people that Northern Ireland wouldn’t be an issue.

    But back to the real point. Yeah, I thought GDPR would be good, but in practice it’s not changed the cookie/tracking landscape at all. Most places you’d have to send a letter to to get them to removed your data, and most would probably not be able to comply. Meanwhile we now have options that are subscribe (meaning they have legitimate reason to track and monitor you) or accept their ads and tracking cookies.

    I think you have too much faith in them.

    • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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      23 hours ago

      The GDPR is good and has absolutely changed how things are done. I’ve been involved with multiple companies having to change their European data practices because of it.

      I don’t know why you have so little faith in the EU when it’s an actually functioning government that is passing new consumer protection legislation.