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As you may have seen, I've made a lot of changes over the past few days to the DaniWeb UI. The project was sparked by a need to make sure, for legal reasons, that our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and CCPA 'Your Privacy Choices' links are easily discoverable on every page without being hidden behind a hamburger menu.

With GDPR and CCPA and cookie consent modals and all that jazz, do you think that current data privacy laws are enough, or should they be made more strict, less strict, or just, well, different?

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So instead of "hiding" it behind the hamburger menu, it's now "hidden" at the bottom of a purple rectangle that takes up 20% of my screen space. Sure I can find the ToS and PP, but now I have to scroll to see them.

So in the eyes of the technically illiterate, scrolling is fine, but clicking a button is just way too much effort?

If I really cared to mess around with my choices, I'd go to the homepage and find said options.

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Good to see the attempt. That's good enough for me.

The real issues today is that if you run afoul of the current US regime it won't matter that you followed the rule of law.

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So instead of "hiding" it behind the hamburger menu, it's now "hidden" at the bottom of a purple rectangle that takes up 20% of my screen space. Sure I can find the ToS and PP, but now I have to scroll to see them.

As mentioned in this thread:

Specifically, to be CCPA-compliant, the links must remain "clear and conspicuous", per the wording of the law. However, ChatGPT goes on to say that enforcement agencies and auditors interpret that phrase through the lens of common user behavior. Specifically, on desktop, users expect these links in the footer of the page and not tucked behind a hamburger menu. On mobile, hamburger menus and hidden navigation are considered acceptable since users are used to that pattern. Unfortunately, the California attorney general's office has already cited businesses for making the links "not visible without additional clicks" or "hidden behind expandable menus". Being a California resident, running a California-based social network, that doesn't exactly sit well with me.

The real issues today is that if you run afoul of the current US regime it won't matter that you followed the rule of law.

GDPR is EU-based and CCPA is California-based. Neither are federal laws.

commented: The current situation is they don't care about law or court rulings. As such, I can see why no political discussions here. +17
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If I really cared to mess around with my choices, I'd go to the homepage and find said options.

The homepage doesn't have any different behavior than any other page in terms of where to find these links.

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A very topical issue.

Laws are mandatory, which requires their implementation. Standards, unlike laws, are often recommended, but they are subject to updating, taking into account the changes that have occurred, while this is not the case with laws.
The cases of Cyberheaven, ExtensionTotal, Chrome Web Store, etc., have shown that legislative measures, such as GDPR, NIS2, etc., are not the best solution.
What is often overlooked are the threats arising from widely used solutions. The KOI Security report of July 8, 2025 ( Click Here ) refers to a problem that has been ignored for years. In this case, the law is powerless.
Also, no matter what policies you adopt, no one can guarantee that users will comply with the requirements or that the threat will not be generated by another source that you cannot influence.
My opinion is that there will always be some problems. The good practice is to try to find a solution to these problems. This cannot be a one-time act. This requires time, joint efforts, tolerance, and patience.

commented: Today our US DOJ is a fine example of laws for thee but not for me. It's a f'ing mess here. +17
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Hi rproffitt,
I understand you, and I agree with you that this is a serious problem.
In Europe, there are also problems with certain texts in the laws. This applies to both regional and local ones.
My personal opinion is that there should be a serious differentiation between technical solutions and legal acts.
When it comes to technology and development, we need to help each other. Many problems need to be solved, but for this to happen, we need to work together, and politicians should not interfere.
I believe that despite the difficulties, we will manage.

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