HackerNews Summary (2023-05-10 09AM)

Source: Launch HN: Clearspace (YC W23) – Cut back on screen time

ave tried Clearspace:Summary
Clearspace helps reduce compulsive phone use by regulating social media experiences and app usage through a unique approach that involves injecting breathing exercises, intentional sessions, cumulative progress, and teammates.

Fact

📱 54% of the time, people opt not to continue to the app they tried to open after a 15-second breathing exercise provided by Clearspace [1]

🧘 Clearspace injects a mandatory 15-second breathing exercise to break the dopamine feedback loop that your brain has learned, where tapping an app icon yields an instant reward [1]

🏆 Clearspace rewards users with a hat for reaching a 100-day under-budget streak [1]

👥 Clearspace allows users to add “teammates” who will receive automatic texts if they exceed their budget on an app, remove it from Clearspace, or delete Clearspace entirely [1]

💻 Clearspace uses Apple’s new ScreenTime API to connect apps on users’ phones to third-party apps and perform actions on the tokens to affect the apps without knowing what they are [1]

Source: Your “GDPR compliant” analytics is probably violating GDPR

Summary
An open source developer looking for a GDPR compliant unique visitor metric discovers that many analytics providers claim GDPR compliance, but are not compliant. This blog post aims to summarize some findings about GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive.

Fact

👨‍💼 GDPR is an EU law on data protection and privacy enacted in 2016 which protects consumers from unwanted data collection and gives them control over how it’s handled.

👁️‍🗨️ GDPR directly doesn’t mention or prohibit cookies and is intended to protect user privacy.

📜 ePrivacy Directive regulates how data traffic is handled and aims to protect user privacy. It includes provision to limit spam and tracking, including the use of cookies.

📍 GDPR and ePrivacy Directive apply to all 27 member states of the EU and counties in the European Economic Area. You must comply if either operating in the Union or providing a service to its population.

📊 ‘Personal data’ in the context of GDPR is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. It includes an online identifier such as cookies.

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