[throwaway_sb666]

Honestly I think the GDPR/cookie consent providers should be held equally liable as the website owner for the collective violations facilitated by their product.

I think being able to go after the enablers and profiteers would make enforcement much easier.

An officially maintained list of legal/illegal libraries and services could help website owners to chose a known legal solution. Right now it's hard to expect website owners 'do the right thing' when there's so much contradictory information out there.

[dmitriid]

> Honestly I think the GDPR/cookie consent providers should be held equally liable as the website owner for the collective violations facilitated by their product.

The EU is finally going after them: https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/05/iab-europe-tcf-gdpr-breach...

I do hope they get sued out of existence

[Matticus_Rex]

If you did that, no one would be in that business lol

[Nextgrid]

Is that a big loss? I can't picture anyone, outside of their employees and shareholders who would be negatively affected by TrustArc disappearing overnight. I just checked their website and it seems like their entire business is GDPR pseudo-compliance targeted at businesses who can't legitimately comply with the GDPR.