Mastodawn

German outlets are reporting about a study done by lobbyists that (miraculously) found that businesses are unhappy with the GDPR.

Obviously, this still hasn't been said enough: the GDPR's purpose isn't making businesses happy! Its purpose is to protect our rights. It's necessary because far too many businesses won't respect our privacy unless they're forced to!

If running their business responsibly is such a huge burden for them, maybe they should let someone else do it.
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mjc0961 3d ago

@r_alb "businesses are unhappy with the GDPR"

Good.

(although if someone wanted to modify the GDPR just a little bit to stop every website from spamming me about cookies, that'd be okay)

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Sami Sundell 3d ago

@mjc0961
Of course, there's nothing in GDPR demanding cookie popups for every web site, it's the "we collect personal profile of you to share with our 1700 closest partners" that causes the problem. The sites can choose to not collect data, and/or comply with DNT/GPC settings.
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Neil

@ssundell @mjc0961
It reminds me of how (here in the US) restaurants sometimes add a surcharge to the bill along with an explanation that it covers the cost of providing benefits to their workers. They could do this transparently by raising prices but they want to make sure you, the customer, know about the injustices the local government heaps on poor restaurateurs.
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