[kazen44]

> The way GDPR works out it sort of expects us to care to follow this annoying process, and I don't think people do / want to and thus ultimately won't make good choices.

This is simply false. GDPR only allows opt-in for these choices, companies are just implementing GDPR incorrectly.

[crysin]

I keep seeing this response but I've seen no articles about the EU laying down the law and punishing these so blatantly obvious infractions. So either companies are not implementing it incorrectly or the GDPR has no teeth. The EU needs to act on these bad actors sooner than later if they want people to actually respect the spirit of the law.

[jorisw]

Enforcement is only still starting up. Officially as of May this year, with the possibility of handing out fines for violations up to two years back from that date.

https://iapp.org/news/a/heres-why-the-first-gdpr-fines-could...

[ionised]

That's not how any of this works. We weren't going to get fines dropping on the first day.

[ahartmetz]

"The EU is going to extract huge fines from everyone and their dog!"

"GDPR is useless, they aren't even fining violations!"

I'm waiting for "They are applying the law inconsistently - we got away with obvious violations for a year and now we don't anymore. The injustice!"

[crysin]

I really hope it doesn't take the EU over 4 full months to prove a cookie banner is in violation. That seems like a straight forward infraction if the way people have interpreted the law is accurate.

[kazen44]

sigh..

the cookie banner has nothing to do with GDPR..

[crysin]

Not the old one. The new ones asking for your preferences on where your information can be sold.

[duxup]

I should have been more specific. I meant good choice as something other than just clicking to get past the notice.