“Do Not Track” is a legally binding order, German Court tells LinkedIn::Landgericht Berlin gibt Klage des vzbv gegen die LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company weitgehend statt
GDPR was designed around the “Do not Track” browser flag, so that websites can get a semblance of consent using those annoying cookie prompts, with dark patterns like hiding the “Decline All cookies” inside the second page of the prompt, or using very small fonts and gray colors + very confusing language. and they have carried on with complete impunity for 5 years now.
Totally. If we’re going make real change with this we need hard enforcement that says “you must provide a default setting that can be set per browser” or something that avoids the entire need for sifting through their cookie menu to find out I left one turned on. But this is peak example of ineffective laws to govern the internet made by people who don’t have any experience in computer science. I’m sure we will continue to see “do not track is just a suggestion” messages continuously. Or the requirement for each individual website to specify what type of tracking in absurd detail.
My personal favorite is the one that defaults to “off”, but when you go to the detailed page it puts “legitimate interest” on every single goddamn option with no “disallow all” option.
