▲ | reactordev 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It’s not a loophole. localStorage is just that, local. Nothing is shared. No thing is “tracked” beyond your site preferences for reading on that machine. I say it’s a perfect application of how to keep session data without keeping session data on the server, which is where GDPR fails. It assumes cookies. It assumes a server. It assumes that you give a crap about the contents of said cookie data. In this case, no. Blast it away, the site still works fine (albeit with the default theme). This. Is. Perfect. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | dkersten 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> which is where GDPR fails. It assumes cookies. It does not assume anything. GDPR is technology agnostic. GDPR only talks about consent for data being processed, where 'processing' is defined as:
(From Article 4.2)The only place cookies are mentioned is as one example, in recital 30:
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▲ | sensanaty 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> It assumes cookies. How can people still be this misinformed about GDPR and the ePrivacy law? It's been years, and on this very website I see this exact interaction where someone is misinterpreting GDPR and gets corrected constantly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | 0x073 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gdpr don't assumes cookies, if you misuse local storage you also need confirmation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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