[elric]

Much like the current cookie banner shitshow, a "centrally configured" setting which "websites must respect" will accomplish nothing. There is no consent, informed or otherwise. Advertisers and their ilk are still hoovering up all the data they can, with or without cookies or consent.

Locking up a few people who don't respect their users' privacy would be a much more effective way of achieving actual results. AFAIK no big adtech or data brokers have been punished in any way.

[general1465]

Only thing that actually worked against advertisers is ad blocker. Everything else made them laugh.

[jack_tripper]

>Locking up a few people who don't respect their users' privacy would be a much more effective way of achieving actual results. AFAIK no big adtech or data brokers have been punished in any way.

I'm a big fan of personal accountability in the corporate world.

[Thorrez]

You can't lock people up if they're not doing anything illegal. The first step is to write a law making what they're doing illegal. Then if they keep doing it, you'll be able to lock them up.

[troupo]

Companies shipped illegal cookie banners that forced you to click every individual provider to opt-out.

No one went to jail: https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come

[Thorrez]

Does the existing law say that if someone creates a cookie banner like that, then the person can be sent to jail?

If not, then the 1st step to jailing people is to change the law.

[troupo]

Oh. I fully agree.

The EU did find that IAB (behind one of the "industry standard banners") was liable for fines: https://www.euractiv.com/news/top-eu-court-finds-widely-empl... But unfortunately that was partly dismissed on procedural grounds and went nowhere: https://techgdpr.com/blog/data-protection-digest-19052025-di...

[nicbou]

Me telling you that I don't want to be tracked, no matter what your argument is, is as informed as it gets. You just don't like the answer so you feel entitled to ask again.

[rsynnott]

> AFAIK no big adtech or data brokers have been punished in any way.

I mean, big tech has absolutely been punished under the GDPR, eg https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/12-billion-euro-fi...