Is it really misinformation? The popups may largely be a result of misunderstandings or malicious compliance, but GDPR has a causal relationship regardless of the intent.

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inigyou 30 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

When the city writes an ordinance saying chemical factories must have fire alarms I do not blame the city for the fire alarm noise.

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Retr0id 21 minutes ago | parent [-]

I would however blame them if they wrote an ordinance that was widely misunderstood to mean that someone had to knock on my door each day to make sure I knew the local chemical factory had a fire alarm.

	▲	inigyou 4 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If the chemical factory sets themselves on fire every day to set off the fire alarm to annoy me to pressure me into removing the fire alarm law, I still blame them.
	▲	buran77 7 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> widely misunderstood Moments ago it was "misunderstandings or malicious compliance". Did you misplace one on your apologetic quest? I'm really trying not to assume the worst about you. Is there any reason you insist so much on giving the benefit of the doubt to every law breaker out there? Especially when we're sometimes talking about very deep pockets who can afford lawyers?

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buran77 17 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> a result of misunderstandings or malicious compliance, but GDPR has a causal relationship regardless of the intent.

You can extend causality as far as you want if you're willing to sound like this in the open. If there were no cookies, there'd be no banners. There, found you a new target.

So on one side you have decent regulation that tries to balance the interest of the user without over regulating and becoming too prescriptive, and on the other side you have abusers who most of the times are actually in malicious non-compliance... and you find a way to blame the regulation.

Good thing it's in the rules that HN is not Reddit.

	▲	Retr0id 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If you think I'm opposed to GRPR, you are mistaken.

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watwut 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Popups have nothing to do with GDPR. They are reaction to Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive which predates GDPR.

And yes, it is deliberate misinformation.

	▲	Retr0id 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Cookie popups pre-date GRPR, but find it hard to believe the uptick in popups that happened around May 2018 was in response to legislation from 2003.