Have you been seeing privacy policy updates popping up on your favorite websites or in your inbox lately? Here's why
I have been seeing these pop ups saying that this site uses cookies to track you and they give an option to accept. No "Nope, I don't accept!" option anywhere.
Rt has an example of this at the bottom of its website but I've just been ignoring it for now because I wasn't sure what it means. I have no tracking and ad block on both my computer and iPad. I saw the number of spam emails go down after I put them on my iPad and installed Ghostbustery on my computer, but in the last few weeks I'm getting 75-100 spam a day. Fortunately they just go into my spam folder on my webmail, but that number of spam makes it harder to find legitimate emails that I'm interested in.
During Trump's first 100 days congress reversed the Obama policy that restricted your internet provider from selling your browsing history. I don't know if this has anything to do with my seeing more spam or not, but I'm sick of congress selling out our rights for more money for them.
Here’s why privacy policy updates have been popping up on websites and in your inbox
SALT LAKE CITY — If you feel like you’ve been seeing an unusual amount of privacy policy updates popping up on your favorite websites or in your inbox, you’re not going crazy.
These updates are coming just ahead of a major new data privacy law called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR goes into effect in the European Union Friday and is probably the strictest protector of digital privacy rights in the world.
The GDPR is essentially a new law that changes how, when and why companies can use customer data. Even though it only applies to the E.U., any company that has any customers in the E.U. has to comply. If they don’t, they could be fined up to 4 percent of their global revenue.
The privacy policy updates are lengthy and annoying (especially when they pop up right as you’re in the middle of something), but if you want the option to keep your data more private than it has been, don’t click “x” or delete the email from your inbox just yet.
While the updates are mainly lengthy pieces of legalese, there are some important gems hidden in the middle.
The author of the article states this:
I was surprised to learn that 643 advertisers have my info, which might explain the enormous amount of ads I've been seeing for eyeglasses — as if my initial glasses purchase was just the inaugural move in a new hobby of eyewear collecting.
I don't recall doing a search for fore skin health properties, but I'm getting up to 10 emails about this every day as well as some other doozies of topics.
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Looks to me that people will need a lawyer degree to interpret what the Hell they are saying.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
your work sounds fascinating
please keep us informed with your progress
Got milk?
At least it's healthy if you stick to the 2% or 1%.
Got faceplant? Go on a diet and drop it. It's nothing more than a oil well of personal information.
Got google? Every keyboard strike is recorded.
Got cloud? How much crap do you have that you can't save to a backup hard drive for next to nothing?
Got Alexa, Google Home or Echo? Unless you're handicapped, throw those in the garbage.
GDPR is a good thing compared to what we in the exception country have. I hope they stick to their threats of massively fining companies to steal personal information. I wouldn't count on it though as most if not all governments are owned by corporate interests.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
why they trying to scare us with surveillance
Well, at least some attention's paid to some corruption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOl5ASQRUGM
Meanwhile, at the Council of Foreign Relations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQJm1B29p8
Just not enough of the right sort of attention is given to corruption, which is clearly still well-paid...
Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.
A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.
Alright!
GPDR only protects European citizens
But where does Europe keeps it's data? In the cloud baby, where the air is free. LOL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation
HowTo destroy the Internet
Universal GDPR needed, stat! Keep going. Thanks.
Thanks Snoop
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
I'm seeing this cookie notification on almost every site I go to
The WSWS says to learn how to opt out of accepting cookies "click here." I've done this on every site that has this message and there is no option to opt out.
Most of them do say that if you have questions then email us so I've emailed 5 sites asking them to explain how one can opt out.
This might not even mean anything, but if it doesn't, then why are so many sites posting this disclaimer? It could be that they have to if their websites are posted in Europe where this law has been made, but I still think that there is something nefarious going on.
The PTB are getting Google, Twitler and Farcebook to do its censorship for them and that's why I'm concerned about all the cookies warnings I'm seeing. This and the fact that congress gives our internet providers the right to sell our browsing history. For money of course! I think it'd be a good idea to tell you friends and family about this because as the article stated it's very difficult to opt out or if you even can.
I'll post an update if I find some answers. Meanwhile, do not accept the sites saying that they use cookies. I've just let the banner hang there. Unfortunately I can't comment on any website that uses discuss for now unless I give them permission.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.