Quite apropos that this article was cookie-walled with a "We value your privacy. Customize/Agree" modal screen
Europe's GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within 'weeks'
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#12I think the title is clickbait'y. The EU proposes to simplify the law rather than abolish it, which makes sense to me.
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#13> The GDPR is seen as one of Europe's most complex pieces of legislation by the technology sector Really? Now I'm no bureaucrat, merely an engineer, but GDPR was relatively easy to read through, even the official document ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE... ) is only 88 pages long, this cannot realistically be "one of Europe's most complex pieces of legislation". A lot of privacy-conscio…
Yes I agree. A lot of the stuff in GDPR are things that companies should be doing anyway.
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#14> The GDPR is seen as one of Europe's most complex pieces of legislation by the technology sector Really? Now I'm no bureaucrat, merely an engineer, but GDPR was relatively easy to read through, even the official document ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE... ) is only 88 pages long, this cannot realistically be "one of Europe's most complex pieces of legislation". A lot of privacy-conscio…
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Re: Europe's GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within 'weeks'
#15As a big GDPR fanboy, one thing I would be happy for them to remove is the portability between providers requirement: it was essentially dead on arrival, is not implemented, and could be done away with.
The other EU-level regulation that needs to be either removed or completely rethought (since it will clearly not be enforced in a way that makes sense) is the cookie regulation. It was well-intentioned, badly implemented, and the GDPR addresses more of the core problems, it is time to do away with it.
But as a whole, I push back against the idea that deregulation is the primary way in which the EU can or should become competitive with the US on technology. Lack of public investment, worse ability for companies to offer equity incentives, and timid private investment are all much bigger problems than consumer protection regulations.
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#16At the minimum I'd hope they a) do away with the worthless cookie banners requirement b) cut some generous but reasonable slack to small organizations. Interesting timing with the digital sovereignty movement.
> do away with the worthless cookie banners requirement
There is no such requirement. You're free to make a website that doesn't require cookies.
This very website on which we're discussing doesn't have a cookie banner, and isn't required to have one.
(I'm not saying HN is GDPR compliant though, it's missing a DPO mail address to allow edit/deletion of older PII messages and a privacy policy even though said policy would probably be max 10 lines)
> cut some generous but reasonable slack to small organizations.
I can't say for other countries, but in France there is already already a lot of slack even for bigger organizations. We have mainstream websites that are obviously violating the GDPR (most visited cooking site, most visited tv content provider, not allowing free choice of refusing tracking)
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#17At the minimum I'd hope they a) do away with the worthless cookie banners requirement b) cut some generous but reasonable slack to small organizations. Interesting timing with the digital sovereignty movement.
Nope and nope, same rules are for all. You want to steal private data, you will be labeled. If it comes from libs, maybe don't use shitty private data stealing libs?
Move fast and break things - fuck that, anybody smart enough can project to what sort of society it leads down the road.
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#18Cookie consent banners might be one of the most frustrating aspects of modern web browsing. A better solution could have been a thoughtful extension or fork of HTTP, specifically for EU implementations, something that handles consent through HTTP headers instead. That would allow users to easily opt in or out, either globally or per tab, without the clutter. Ideally, technical regulations like these should be designed by people with a strong understanding of technology, to ensure practical and user-friendly solutions.
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#19At the minimum I'd hope they a) do away with the worthless cookie banners requirement b) cut some generous but reasonable slack to small organizations. Interesting timing with the digital sovereignty movement.
> a) do away with the worthless cookie banners requirement
i recommend everyone gets the chrome plugin that auto accepts these banners so you never have to see them again
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