• @beefontoast
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    -251 year ago

    This is the worst output of EU regulation ever. How has it taken them so long to realise it’s annoying?! Don’t they use the internet in Brussels?

    • Nyfure
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      291 year ago

      You dont need a cookie banner if you dont want to invasively track the users.
      So its really the fault of the websites for wanting to use categories of cookies which do require a banner (ad and tracking).

      • @[email protected]
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        151 year ago

        Indeed

        Plenty of websites that don’t have a cookie banner like Wikipedia and Lemmy. And both of them are completely legal.

        It is only after the cookie banner that we now know how many websites are actually selling our data, turns out it is the grand majority of them.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Yup. What most people do not get. Wikipedia, Lemmy and others only need consent when they start processing personal data, like in the registration form.

          Clicking “agree” on a banner on first visit is like creating an account with IP address acting like a login.

        • Nyfure
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          11 year ago

          No, selling would also not be allowed via a cookie banner as the cookie banner doesnt address that.
          GDPR already doesnt allow usage of PII which you cannot find legitimate reasons for. Just selling PII is never allowed as you will not find a legitimate reason for doing so.
          But the cookie banner can allow more invasive tracking via setting tracking cookies which can be covered under legitimate interest for the operator of the website themselves.

    • @wieson
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      21 year ago

      You must hate your doctor for giving you the diagnosis of your illness :P