Reply to post: Re: "GDPR failed because it did not mandate a users right to clearly say NO"

Microsoft menaced with GDPR mega-fines in Europe for 'large scale and covert' gathering of people's info via Office

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Re: "GDPR failed because it did not mandate a users right to clearly say NO"

They are testing the will to go after them - each "practice" you pointed out is illegal under GDPR. What is essential is not at the whims of companies. Consent must be opt-in, so you can't pre-tick checkboxes.

Each law, even the best one, is useless if no one is going to enforce it effectively. Some companies believe they grow too big to be forced to abide to the law. Probably they also hope that with a EU Commission that is going to be renewed next year, with EU elections looming (and for many parties it's a test of their relative strength within their own countries), and Brexit issues, no body will try to enforce GDPR seriously. Hope they'll find they're wrong.

"Why the hell isn't there an _anonymous_ setting"

Well the "Do Not Track" flag wasn't very effective, was it? Without a law to enforce it, there's no way such options could work.

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