This spring, the new European regulation on personal data protection (GDPR) entere into force, and in mid-July the Icelandic data protection law base on it will enter into force. In connection with that, an old ghost has come to life on many sites that looks something like this: Koku picture The text of a typical “consent window” The text varies from site to site, but the message is generally the same: “This is how we do things, you have to accept it if you want to continue.” The only drawback is that this approach is not at all compliant with the GDPR regulation, and is probably base on a misunderstanding. An old ghost reawakene There is another European directive, ePrivacy, which deals with electronic communications in general.
But what do the new GDPR rules say?
It has been nickname”The Cookie Law” because it was in it that a few years ago it require users to give their consent to any technology that could track their use between different sites, particularly so-calle cookies. good money, the text of the law was a complete mess and showe that those who drafte it did not understand the technology behind it. The Morocco Mobile Number List directive was so vaguely worde that, to be on the safe side, webmasters had to ask for permission for all cookies (even for technically essential and harmless use), but also so imprecise that the more experience got away with giving their users extreme advantages.
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Kokumyn2 What most of the “consent” windows actually say As a result, nothing change except that the Internet was fille with pop-ups like the one above: “This is how things are, and by using our site, you’re agreeing to it.” Period.” Essential cakes The fact is that these small text files that are automatically save on our computers and sent with all communication between a browser and a web server are the basis of all modern web technology. They IE Lists allow the browser to “remember” if we are logge in to the local bank, if we have put something in the basket in an online store, and even if we have close all those unbearable notification windows.
