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It should have been standardized, so it can be auto-negotiated. Not these dark patern menues, but a popup screen: This site overreaches regarding privacy, in addition what you are usually willing to give - it demands:

- List

Are you willing to give in to the demands:

- Just once

- Fake my data

- Always

- Never

This could and should have been all you see of GDPR. Maybee technical laws should also enforce a standard for consent interfaces.



Honestly, this should be handled at the browser level. You select in your browser what cookies and information you are willing to share with companies and they can only take what you give them.

Then they can offer incentives to you to justify you giving them more. That would be non-invasive, privacy centered & make the web a better place.


I assume you're talking about cookie consent notices? If so I agree, but they're a relatively small part of what GDPR does.

In my opinion the rights[1] and principles[2] it lays out are much more important in giving individuals control over their personal data.

[1] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...

[2] https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...




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