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It should be a crime to not have a 'reject all' option immediately available in website data gathering preferences
Would you like us to sell your data to thousands of people? Do literally nothing for yes. For no, you must complete..... THE TRIALS
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Quadruple boost
@TheBreadmonkey mmmm I love unchecking 1,500 essential partners
@c64tone @TheBreadmonkey I would love to know what "legitimate interest" means too! Because, you know, they can just fuck off.
@TheBreadmonkey The fact that #GDPR & #BDSG don't mandate a simple & equally accessible "No Thanks!" and instead allows #paywalling of #Privacy (#PayOrOkay) is absolutely wrong!
I hope @noybeu et. al. can change that...
@kkarhan @TheBreadmonkey @noybeu I was under the impression that they do, in fact, mandate exactly that.
@WAHa_06x36 @TheBreadmonkey sadly no, as @noybeu informs and a lot of shitty websites do actually push for: #paywalling #privacy behind a #subscription...
@kkarhan @TheBreadmonkey @noybeu Well what I am not clear on, are those sites in compliance or not, and has this just not been tested in court yet?
@WAHa_06x36 @TheBreadmonkey @noybeu depends...
In #Germany this hasn't been contested in court, but In france, which seemingly bans #PayOrOkay, it resulted in a slap on the wrist for Google according to this post:
@TheBreadmonkey And if you don’t want us to sell your data, you have to fill out this form that asks for more information than we currently have on you
@TheBreadmonkey It's time to play ORDEAL OR NO DEAL!
@TheBreadmonkey and in any transaction with computer or human
@TheBreadmonkey got a vague feeling it actually is a crime in the EU?
@internetsdairy I thought that too, then someone told me it is not an actual regulation. A clear end-user choice is requested under the GDPR fairness principle. That would mean equally easy Accept and Reject All buttons beside one another. But apparently, it's not actually enforceable as a requirement. Alas.
@CiaraNi @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey Some sites don't offer "Reject All", but "Withdraw Consent", which is a bit misleading, given I can't withdraw what I never gave.
@yourfutureex Agreed - we cannot withdraw consent that we have never given. @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey
@CiaraNi @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey it just takes time, fines were given recently: https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/burger/gba-neemt-maatregelen-tegen-mediahuis-voor-onrechtmatig-gebruik-van-cookiebanners-op-perssites
@SMillerNL That's encouraging, at least. Nice to see that there was an issue with the deceptive design too, not just the unconsensual consent.
#FBPE @TheBreadmonkey I just move on. There are plenty of other web sites.
Of course it should be a crime but every time you use a ‘connected’ device; ATM, check out terminal (manned or self) or ‘pay-by-card’ terminal they know who you are, where you live, what you drive, what your shopping habits are and can track your movements.
The only way to stop all that is to go completely ‘off-grid’ and ‘digitally disappear’ (but NOT erase your history).
This is how I live now. It's why I'm so mysterious.
@TheBreadmonkey and then still have the website functional. How many websites have I rejected cookies on, then it was unusable.
I use the Ghostery browser extension with Never-Consent turned on to automatically refuse any and all cookies.
No more annoying pop-ups and ads are blocked too 
@TheBreadmonkey The data gathering is quite enough crime already.
The Consent-O-Matic extension has been life (well, browsing experience) changing!
@TheBreadmonkey I advise on this sort of thing for a living but as it’s a Sunday it would make Jesus cry if I replied.
@TheBreadmonkey it actually is. I believe GDPR legislation says that it should require no more effort to opt out than to opt in. But unfortunately this is poorly understood and poorly enforced.