Privacy

0 readers

11 users here now

Everything about privacy (the confidentiality pillar of security) -- but not restricted to infosec. Offline privacy is also relevant here.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Those annoying “consent” cookie pop ups that Big Tech has been using as part of their malicious compliance efforts to convince you that data protection law in the EU is a nuisance? (mastodon.ar.al)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Those annoying “consent” cookie pop ups that Big Tech has been using as part of their malicious compliance efforts to convince you that data protection law in the EU is a nuisance?

Turns out they’re illegal.

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/

#TCF #consent #data #privacy #EU #GDPR #BigTech #maliciousCompliance #SiliconValley #adtech #technoFascism

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

@[email protected]
So is a huge fine being sent to all of them or just a slap on the wrist?
#Google, #Meta, #Amazon, #Apple, etc don't care about #EU ruling. Until fines TRULY hurt their pockets, they prefer to continue with their profits and pay the price once in a while.
How many of these companies have been fined for similar behaviour in the past? Have they changed it? Yes, they are making their malpractices more hidden and sophisticated.
Bureaucrats don't understand tech well enough to punish them.