i've caught a lot of heat in the UK where i live for my position on GDPR, which is that i completely reject it, because people seem to believe it's there to protect any rights
if there's anything remotely good with GDPR is the requirement to companies to disclose known data breaches
all the rest of it is a terrible idea and only serves to nag people and legitimise the darkest of patterns
the regulation should be there to disallow companies from asking certain information, everything else regarding tracking is self-defeating as it's 1) seldom enforceable 2) hardly binding in any meaningful way 3) pushing people to concentrate their services where they have already surrendered their data 4) legitimising of dark patterns
this new and blatant step towards digital id is a hill i intend to die on, I will not comply and I will do everything in my power so that others don't have to and are even punished for doing so
yes I did read all your post. It seems to have incorrect claims.
> "i completely reject it, because people seem to believe it's there to protect any rights"
Under "Your rights" section on the UK government website you can see that it grants you rights, so people have good reason to believe that: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection
How does it nag people? How does it legitimise dark patterns? What is in it regarding tracking? How does it push people to concentrate their services in a bad way? The GDPR is not just for websites, it's for all dealings with companies.
> Under "Your rights" section on the UK government website you can see that it grants you rights, so people have good reason to believe that: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection
you are soft in the head if you believe that, there's no argument to be had
if there's anything remotely good with GDPR is the requirement to companies to disclose known data breaches
all the rest of it is a terrible idea and only serves to nag people and legitimise the darkest of patterns
the regulation should be there to disallow companies from asking certain information, everything else regarding tracking is self-defeating as it's 1) seldom enforceable 2) hardly binding in any meaningful way 3) pushing people to concentrate their services where they have already surrendered their data 4) legitimising of dark patterns
this new and blatant step towards digital id is a hill i intend to die on, I will not comply and I will do everything in my power so that others don't have to and are even punished for doing so