Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws

Post by ralferoo » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 12:47 PM UTC

adrr wrote: post #564

rckt wrote: post #270

I get that too many regulations is a bad thing. But when we talk privacy and personal data there should be no gray zone. It has to be black and white. When I see a stupid cookie banner I search for "Reject all". There's no some data that companies can collect and process without my consent, they just shouldn't be able to collect anything without me actively opting in. Business never respects anything, but profits. Se…

Are cookies really tracking you? 3rd party cookies don’t work in any browser. Ads are passing session data on the URLs instead. You can alow easily change some settings to stop persistent cookies. You can install privacy extensions like ghostery to block beacons. You can use features like ICloud private relay to prevent IP tracking. Solutions are all there and they aren’t because of any law.

Post by bl0rg » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 12:49 PM UTC

veeti wrote: post #788

bl0rg wrote: post #709

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Starting a company in Sweden requires (uploaded PDF from Bolagsverket to ChatGPT who summarized): 1. Prepare the foundation deed and the articles of association. 2. Identify the beneficial owner(s). 3. Pay the share capital and obtain the bank certificate or auditor’s statement. 4. Submit the registration application for the limited company to the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket) and wait for appr…

Are you implying that there is a country somewhere you don't have to "keep bookkeeping and prepare annual accounts"? Sounds like bog standard things.

Post by fluoridation » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 12:56 PM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #685

lenkite wrote: post #561

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That cookie banner needs to be standardized and offered by the browser. It should be like a certificate popup. Why is every website forced into doing a shoddy job ?

They aren't forced, they choose to. They're forced to get user permission before tracking them across websites and sharing info with 3rd parties, but how they do it is left up to the industry. And the industry chose dark patterns, hoping to annoy the users into complaining to the EU about them.

Post by Noaidi » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 12:59 PM UTC

rckt wrote: post #270

I get that too many regulations is a bad thing. But when we talk privacy and personal data there should be no gray zone. It has to be black and white. When I see a stupid cookie banner I search for "Reject all". There's no some data that companies can collect and process without my consent, they just shouldn't be able to collect anything without me actively opting in. Business never respects anything, but profits. Se…

Post by asyncze » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 1:05 PM UTC

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #792

amelius wrote: post #776

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> This is like arguing if "heater on" or "AC on" is better, which is a pointless argument. That entirely depends on what the temperature is! I think the problem here is more that _some_ people want the heater to be on and _other_ people want the heater to be off.

And when it comes to privacy, consumer advocate types and privacy wonks (I include myself in this group) want the heater to be on, and technology companies and advertising companies and all of their hangers-on want the heater to be off. One group has a lot more money, power, and influence than the other.