Comment by imoverclocked
3 years ago
I really hope they work with a technical body on this so that we avoid repeating the same horrible "what cookies do you accept/not accept/maybe accept/accept because you didn't click customize/..." nonsense we see everywhere today.
As a consumer, I would really like to see something like this bill. I would also like there to be a standard by which I can say to my browser, "I don't want to be bothered by any site who only wants to X,Y,Z" and then be prompted only when the site wants more than that. This requires cooperation between a standards body and the legislation being produced and would be an actually huge win for the cognitive load of the consumer.
>I really hope they work with a technical body on this so that we avoid repeating the same horrible "what cookies do you accept/not accept/maybe accept/accept because you didn't click customize/..." nonsense we see everywhere today.
Those shitty cookie/GDPR prompts aren't actually compliant with the law. They need to either A) give an explicit single-click opt-out, or B) opt-out by default. If the pop-up requires you to click "customize" then untick a list of ticked-things then click "accept", that violates the GDPR and the fault lies with the company who is breaking the law, not with the law itself.
Yet another reason to push for a standard mechanism that browsers might natively support rather than allow each and every website to implement their own solution.