KB“Focusing on cookies is like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, the ship being surveillance advertising,” said Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, policy adviser at European Digital Rights.
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMashable: Tired of cookie consent pop-ups? You soon may see less of them.. “The European Commission is currently looking into relaxing a 2009 EU law that has inadvertently led to the endless cookie consent pop-ups around the web. The law, called the e-Privacy Directive, requires websites to request consent from users before loading cookies on their computer or mobile device.”
EURACTIV TechnologyResistance lingers to Hungarian presidency’s new push for child sexual abuse prevention regulation https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/resistance-lingers-to-hungarian-presidencys-new-push-for-child-sexual-abuse-prevention-regulation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #coreper #CSAM #ePrivacyDirective
Civil society organisations call for EU spyware ban https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-privacy/news/civil-society-organisations-call-for-eu-spyware-ban/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #dualuseregulation #ePrivacy #ePrivacyDirective
David O'Callaghan@drukqs In Europe it’s the #EPrivacyDirective - rather than #GDPR - that requires consent for storing & accessing non-essential cookies or other tracking code on your device. @rabbijill
Steve Hill 🏴🇪🇺@neil On the other hand, I do give Santa consent to send me cookies which are not strictly necessary for the provision of an information society service (chocolate chip preferred). #ePrivacyDirective