European Union Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders recently told German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' that the European Commission is aware of how annoying cookie consent banners have become...

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  • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    142·
    10 months ago

    Install privacy badge, turn on “automatically send do not track” and those things all just melt away when you go to a new site as it processes almost all sites automatically.

    • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      17·
      10 months ago

      The “do not track” is really just you asking them politely not to track you, they are not obligated to stop tracking…more often than not, it is completely ignored and they track you anyway.

      • noodlejetskiEnglish
        7·
        10 months ago

        …and the request itself can be used as a data point for tracking.

      • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        California’s regulations have teeth but there are some exclusions and exemptions, I guess like most laws it’ll only be followed if suing and getting damages is easy and results made public.

      • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Yup, that’s where it’s the most valuable to not have to drag fingers around and whatnot, easier if you needed to deal with popup on PC with mouse and keyboard and whatnot.