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European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying (www.techspot.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 97 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What's annoying is the "Reject" button hidden on another page. That should be illegal.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And it actually is... Quote from the GDPR:

It shall be as easy to withdraw as to give consent.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem isn't the law. It's that it isn't enforced.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

It is enforced, but there are so many websites with so little time.

So it takes a while. It used to be WAY worse.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Plus the 'legitimate interests' of 3rd parties

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

Yeah, definition of "legitimate interest" is definitely being stretched well beyond it's breaking point.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure it is