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And meanwhile, all the big newspapers in germany ask you to consent to individual tracking (and sharing to third parties) whenever you access their websites. Since they are not Meta, it seems to be completely acceptable. (Example: https://www.spiegel.de/ )
And meanwhile, all the big newspapers in germany ask you to consent to individual tracking (and sharing to third parties) whenever you access their websites. Since they are not Meta, it seems to be completely acceptable. (Example: https://www.spiegel.de/ )
GDPR seems to be more and more about getting handouts from US companies and lacks an effective enforcement path for smaller violators.
It's been pretty clear from all the guidence (e.g https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio... ) issued around GDPR 'forced consent' would not work - Facebook decided to try and push the limits and now have a massive fine. What's slightly surprising is how long it's taken to get to the massive fines stage.
Totally off-topic, but I always find it a bit sad how Ireland pays lip service to Irish being their first official language (note that the Irish-language name in their logo is bold and on top) but in reality it is a nearly 100% English-speaking country (note that this press release was published in English, and the link to the Irish version of the page doesn't work). Really demoralizing, if you care about language pr…
Totally off-topic, but I always find it a bit sad how Ireland pays lip service to Irish being their first official language (note that the Irish-language name in their logo is bold and on top) but in reality it is a nearly 100% English-speaking country (note that this press release was published in English, and the link to the Irish version of the page doesn't work). Really demoralizing, if you care about language pr…
Definitely off-topic but I wouldn't be so sad. I grew up speaking Irish at home and at school, and at the time that was very uncommon outside of a Gaeltacht. Now there are many many more Irish speaking schools, just in the area I grew up my nieces and nephew had 5 different options, 2 within walking distance. I had a 30 minute bus ride to get to one option. This year there will be 3 Irish-language TV stations (Tg4, N…
I'm sure there's an argument for culture but those are subjective and often backed with emotions
And meanwhile, all the big newspapers in germany ask you to consent to individual tracking (and sharing to third parties) whenever you access their websites. Since they are not Meta, it seems to be completely acceptable. (Example: https://www.spiegel.de/ )
This is not completely stupid : there are more people with a Facebook account than there are people with a der Spiegel account?
Totally off-topic, but I always find it a bit sad how Ireland pays lip service to Irish being their first official language (note that the Irish-language name in their logo is bold and on top) but in reality it is a nearly 100% English-speaking country (note that this press release was published in English, and the link to the Irish version of the page doesn't work). Really demoralizing, if you care about language pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endangered_languages_i...