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throw9394494··on I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
I wonder if anyone who are cheering this fine, actually read and tried to implement GDPR. It is a nightmare to be fully compliant for small companies.

It is mostly just a theater (like endless cookie consent dialogs in anonymous browsing), to employ more experts and bureaucrats.

EU is now pushing privacy laws that severely undermine privacy.

throw9394494··on I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M
Just awoid some jurisdictions. Bulgaria is in EU, has all the same access, and has no time for this BS.