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Comment by jchw

1 month ago

Actually, if my mindset were leading, we wouldn't have cookie consent banners because we would've just banned non-essential tracking altogether.

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hn3er1q  1 month ago

Now we just have to define what’s “essential” and how to identify it, across states, countries and jurisdictions. Should be easy. ;)

  • pbhjpbhj  1 month ago

    How about this:

    'Nothing is essential until you prove it is' - apply to the cookie ombudsman for €1k to make your case for allowance.

    You complete a detailed form including giving your company registration and the reason for use of each cookie. You list each company with access.

    You pay into escrow €10 per user per company (eg 10 users, sending data to 1200 companies; 120000€) you wish to gather/keep data on, providing that users details and an annual fee.

    Any non trivial infringement and you get DNS blocklisted, the escrow money is paid out, CEO of the registered company is fined one years income (max of last 4 years) and legal proceedings are started against the company and its executives.

    On application to the cookie ombudsman I can see all companies who legally have access to my data (and via which gateway company), I can withdraw access, they can withdraw service.