Weeknote
I've been thinking a lot about cookies and consent.
Granted my day job has me talking about this a lot but it's top of mind as I have to do it for myself. And that is awkward.
I have a consent banner on the site but everything is categorised under functional (i.e necessary) tracking mechanisms so it's a consent banner that serves no real function. Nor does it really give you a choice.
Generally speaking it's a good one. No pre-selected options. Accept and Decline on the same page. Describes the tracking mechanisms used—granted there are none to describe—so overall it's all good.
But the issues is, especially in light of the EDPS guideline on Art.5 ePD, I probably should be moving my analytics over one categories and allow everyone a choice. But I haven't. And I'm struggling with it. I know I'm not using this data in any malicious way, I'm not selling or sharing it, nor do I know who you are when browsing. I don't track behaviours as such, i.e journeys and funnels, but see what pages you were on and if you clicked on an outbound link. And no, none of those outbound links have any parameters attached to them that could potentially ID you.
So, yeah, I'm having a hard time making the switch. And I know that is not how it works.
I wish it did. I wish we, has a species, had enough respect for each other to treat each as they say they are and as they wish they were treated themselves. I wish we didn't need all this regulation drama to tell us how to behave well and instead would just do so. But I wish a lot of things and they usually don't come true.
Guess I need to get it together and adjust my consent banner.
But that is only half the dilemma - what about email. Those of you who sign up to my newsletter just submitt your email to the system. You don't tick something that says anything. There is double opt in—I got something right!
Oh and my last nightmare - how to handle the Marketers Privay Hub data collection. I'm still in build mode but I am allowing people to buy access, super cheap and early, and they are which means that I need to sit down ASAP and sort out my purpose so that the rest will fall into place.
This is not fun.
Not sure why I think it's fun when I do it for others.
But for me. No, thank you.
(Wow, finally a weeknote that only revolves around what I do for work. That's never happened before)
Reading
Currently Reading
It's a weird, indecisive kind of reading week. I'm reading three books at the same time and I am totally a one-fiction and one non-fiction at a time gal.
I'm hoping to write more (maybe even a book soon!) and that has me reading on writing. First choice was "What I talk about when I talk about running" (I know I said writing) by Haruki Murakami. It's the perfect kind of small book. The plane/train book. And it is choke full of goodness.
I've been struggling with routine and, naturally, tried endless copies of other peoples ideal routine. To failure. So I picked up "Daily Rituals" by Mason Curry. It's a guilty pleasure type of read. Perfect to start and end on any page. And a good reminder that, no matter what the newest super-productive-linkedIn-millionaires says is the right routine, it's what ever works for you no matter how quirky it is.
And last I'm reading 'Bergland' by Jarka Kubsova. I have a think for reading books (preferably a factual novel) about a place that I am about to/or am visiting. We spent most of our break in the mountains of South Tyrol so this was what I picked up in a quaint little bookstore at the recommendation of all there. It's been fun to read in German again. Best is that I have such vivid memories of the mountains and villages that reading this book is not just reading but also a visual adventure. It brings me right back.
Best Privacy Related Read
Ok. This might be an odd choice. I actually enjoyed reading the Mousse judgement this week as I was analysing it for those who get my newsletter. And I've been knee deep in the Data Act. It's got all sorts of fun stuff which I can't wait to see how they play out.
Best Short Read
Nothing memorable this week.