Another decision in a long stream that will make it much harder for EU start-ups companies to catch up to American ones. With absolutely no improvements to actual EU citizen well being.
Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
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Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#92The CNIL in France is really pushing companies to not use Google Analytics, and you better listen to them here. It seems US companies should really make changes to how they host/manage data to be able to able to work in EU in the near future. (It isn’t a criticism, simply an assesment).
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#93This kind of ridiculous laws do not understand the boundless nature of internet. If you want to protect privacy of netizens simply make a universal law instead of having different laws in different countries.
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would you write such a law? You can't make exceptions based on what's convenient for some business. Why should GDPR be opt-in but not the consumer minimum 2-year guarantee against faulty products? > ? I don't see any valid reason a user might want to "opt out" of anti-fraud legislation To commit frauds, for example?
> Why should GDPR be opt-in but not the consumer minimum 2-year guarantee against faulty products? I also believe that should be opt-in. > To commit frauds, for example? Fraud implies an unwilling party, a victim. Not comparable at all to what I'm suggesting.
> I also believe that should be opt-in.
But that is irrelevant, we European citizens are happy to have it.
And actually fought to have it.
It's a consumer protection law, what you want is consumers with less or no protections.
> Fraud implies an unwilling party, a victim. Not comparable at all to what I'm suggesting.
I'm quite sure the majority of users visiting a website that hosts GA are giving away their data unwillingly.
Would you opt-in theft too?
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
My buddy is a manager at a chemical plant, and your comment reminds me of a very astute statement he made recently. “I don’t generally like unions. I’ve worked at both union and non-union plants. But anytime someone else complains about unions, I remind them that if they have a union at their plant, they earned it.“
When union plants are shuttered in favor of non-union plants, did they earn that too? Or does this logic only apply in one direction?
I think it's fair to say that most unions have been established as a sole result of proportional human effort, while the same cannot be said for the success of most businesses. There are many instances where an existing imbalance in power or resource ownership is a significant factor in a business' success.
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#96This kind of ridiculous laws do not understand the boundless nature of internet. If you want to protect privacy of netizens simply make a universal law instead of having different laws in different countries.
How does one "simply make a universal law"?
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#97Italy is the 4th in a string of recent decisions across the EU. (We're tracking these cases on isgoogleanalyticsillegal.com along with details for each.) Note that it's not illegal to use GA entirely, just illegal to use in its default state which transmits PII to the US.
yeah, like 'swimming pools only bear a danger of drowning when wet'.
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#98This kind of ridiculous laws do not understand the boundless nature of internet. If you want to protect privacy of netizens simply make a universal law instead of having different laws in different countries.
I’m afraid it does understand the boundless nature of the internet, and it wants the owner of the server to do something about it.
Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#99Re: Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
#100Italy is the 4th in a string of recent decisions across the EU. (We're tracking these cases on isgoogleanalyticsillegal.com along with details for each.) Note that it's not illegal to use GA entirely, just illegal to use in its default state which transmits PII to the US.
yeah, like 'swimming pools only bear a danger of drowning when wet'.
Empty pools are probably more dangerous.