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I suppose it depends on what you mean by "modern"

In Europe we have the GDPR which does exactly this





The GPDR is not criminal law. But ignoring that, regulators barely pursue GPDR violations.

Consider the swaths of dark patterns surrounding cookie terror banners. The GPDR language is extremely clear that none of them are legal, but virtually nobody is ever punished.


> The GPDR is not criminal law

While the GDPR does not directly prescribe prison sentences, it absolutely enables countries to establish criminal offences for severe data protection violations, and they will clearly extradite!

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs...

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs...

> But ignoring that,

No don't ignore that. When you're so completely wrong about the first thing you say, everything that follows is going to be even more wrong.

> Consider ... cookie ... banners. The GPDR language is extremely clear that none of them are legal

You are confusing the ePrivacy directive (2002/58/EC) with the GDPR (2016/679).




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