Comment by peoplefromibiza
3 years ago
How would you write such a law?
You can't make exceptions based on what's convenient for some business.
Why should GDPR be opt-in but not the consumer minimum 2-year guarantee against faulty products?
> ? I don't see any valid reason a user might want to "opt out" of anti-fraud legislation
To commit frauds, for example?
> Why should GDPR be opt-in but not the consumer minimum 2-year guarantee against faulty products?
I also believe that should be opt-in.
> To commit frauds, for example?
Fraud implies an unwilling party, a victim. Not comparable at all to what I'm suggesting.
> I also believe that should be opt-in.
But that is irrelevant, we European citizens are happy to have it.
And actually fought to have it.
It's a consumer protection law, what you want is consumers with less or no protections.
> Fraud implies an unwilling party, a victim. Not comparable at all to what I'm suggesting.
I'm quite sure the majority of users visiting a website that hosts GA are giving away their data unwillingly.
Would you opt-in theft too?
> It's a consumer protection law, what you want is consumers with less or no protections.
Yes, indeed. I don't believe the government should mandate specific protections consumers should receive, because it just serves to reduce consumer options. And this is also why I wish GDPR would have been opt in, giving more options to consumers.
For example, in a world with no government mandated "2 year warranty", some manufacturers would offer a product with "2 year warranty" and some other manufacturers would offer the same product "without warranty", but at a lower price.
Consumers would then be free to chose if they want to pay the cheaper price without warranty or the higher price with the warranty. There are two options for consumers in this world whereas in the world with mandated warranty, only the "higher price with warranty" option is available.
It's the same with GDPR, GDPR compliance has a cost. Some websites have started banning EU IPs for that reason.
Of course, the above assumes that consumers are not mislead and that transactions are voluntary. Therefore, I do think there should be laws against fraud, theft, misrepresentation, etc.
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