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Cookie Walls Don’t Comply with GDPR, Says Dutch DPA

posted by chromas on Friday March 08 2019, @08:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the cookie-cutter dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/08/cookie-walls-dont-comply-with-gdpr-says-dutch-dpa/

Cookie walls that demand a website visitor agrees to their Internet browsing being tracked for ad-targeting as the ‘price’ of entry to the site are not compliant with European data protection law, the Dutch data protection agency clarified yesterday.

The DPA said it has received dozens of complaints from Internet users who had had their access to websites blocked after refusing to accept tracking cookies — so it has taken the step of publishing clear guidance on the issue.

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  • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:21PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 09 2019, @06:21PM (#812081) Journal

    I did NOT mod your comment (at least not in this case, so hard to tell with ACs), but this probably pissed someone off:
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    Oh, and that stupid EU "privacy" law is pure bullshit. Technically speaking, the web sites only collect what is given to them.

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    While admittedly 'technically correct' is the best kind of correct...
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    Websites collect every site you visit, every choice you make on those sites, any information you provide to any site anywhere, your ISP, Mobile provider, Geolocations, how long you spend on various sites, which ads you do and don't click on, what diseases you have, your age, every search you make, every comment you make, what services you subscribe to, who sends you emails and notifications, how much you make, who you work for, who is related to you, who your friends are, what credit cards you have, what stocks you track and invest in, how you get to work, what bank you use, etc, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
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    Troll is often used as a catch all for other things, but I guess that's life as we've only got so many options. Guessing, but probably someone generally aware of the above levels of surveillance on the web considered your comment more likely a troll than serious.
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    Or they just didn't like the cut of your jib. Who knows.

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