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robotdan on Jan 29, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Developers guide to GDPR

Seems like all GPDR did was force you to accept a cookie when you use a website - instead of actually making websites be less sucky.

clawlor on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

Those cookie prompts are a result of EU Directive 2009/136/EC, which predates the GDPR by 7 years.

brokenwren on Jan 30, 2019 | [–]

Thanks for the heads up. We'll get that information incorporated into the piece.

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