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Not honoring Do Not Track (DNT) is a #GDPR violation. If you receive a DNT signal, you must turn off all tracking. Furthermore, as the person has made their choice explicit and clear, you must not ask them again (via popovers, modals, etc.)
How do we get this enforced. The first part seems like it is already covered by GDPR. Would the second half we enforceable under the current framework?
Thoughts?
@aral unless somebody goes to court over this, I don't expect this to work, sadly.
@aral
Make a complaint to your country's equivalent of the Information Commissioner:
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/your-personal-information-concerns/
Multiple compaints in multiple EU states wouldn't be a bad thing.
@aral Big ass motherfucking lawsuits.
Website/publisher gets hit by a million-euro-per-user class and they'll "consider alternative site dynamics reflecting consumer preferences".
@ck Indeed!
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@aral The first problem is probably to be aware it even happens. While developing / debugging Better Blocker you see it happening. But as an end user I'm mostly unaware there is even a violation on a particular site. If it weren't too much of a hassle I might report it, I did this for years with SPAM.
@aral Using the DNT header is a great idea!
One approach: Set this header, then access any websites. Don't click any 'agree' nonsense. Then prove that they tracked you, probably by making a data protection access request to see all data they have on you.
Then report that to your local Data Protection Authority, and try to get them to make a precedent. I think (due to the #GDPR), non-gov orgs can sue companies, rather than needing a DPA (cf. noyb)
@aral I'd assume you would need to contact the hosting country's equivalent of the Information Commisioner/Communications and Media Authority/etc (the government department that deals with the Internet, basically).
It probably wouldn't hurt to also contact your government's equivalent department.
(I have one website I need to report - it not only doesn't honour DNT, its functionality actually breaks completely if you have DNT settings on.)
@aral how do you know that there is a violation? if there is proof, then you can report to your ICO.