Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
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Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#2Isn't there insane money to make just suing everybody in breach of gdpr? I always thought there were laywers scouring the internet in search of a quick buck.
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#3Isn't there insane money to make just suing everybody in breach of gdpr? I always thought there were laywers scouring the internet in search of a quick buck.
Wouldn't that just end up in the hands of whatever government is relevant? I believe the fines you pay for GDPR violations are paid to governments, not users or suers.
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#4Right, as with the cookie laws companies seem to have collectively come to the idea that "they can't catch us all!"
So far they seem to be correct. I would really like to see the courts deal a few black eyes over this, I hope this tool can help.
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#5Isn't there insane money to make just suing everybody in breach of gdpr? I always thought there were laywers scouring the internet in search of a quick buck.
I don't think you really "sue" anyone for breaching GDPR. I think you report it to the local authorities, and then they pursue a case.
Basically I don't think there's any money for the lawyers to pick up here.
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#6I wonder what is the GDP cost of millions if not billions of people dismissing a cookie pop-up every day, often multiple times a day.
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#7Right, as with the cookie laws companies seem to have collectively come to the idea that "they can't catch us all!" So far they seem to be correct. I would really like to see the courts deal a few black eyes over this, I hope this tool can help.
I'm not sure what lessons the rest of the world should have taken from the US's "war on drugs" (or, for that matter, the US's prohibition before it).
... but "If you pass the law that outlaws a wildly-popular behavior, most people will stop that behavior" probably wasn't it. Law can bend behavior on the margins. It just encourages rule-breaking when you try to drive it like a spike through the middle.
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#8Oh the irony of this site itself having a "we use cookies, got it?" banner while lamenting this exact perceived lack of choice. I always laugh a little when I see those anyway, knowing that my browser's settings and privacy extensions are blocking the cookies and tracking connections either way.
Did we consider that if everyone is breaking the law, the law itself might need a rework?
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#9what is the legal liability to websites that do not do business in EU? There has been zero enforcement on non-EU businesses
Re: Automating cookie consent and GDPR violation detection
#10I doubt that very much. A lot of the indieweb sites don't bother collecting information about their users so they don't need to show information pop-ups nor worry about GDPR. I know I don't.