Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoEuropean Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoyingwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.de
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minus-squareAdanisi@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up97·11 months agoWhat’s annoying is the “Reject” button hidden on another page. That should be illegal.
minus-squareFrederikNJS@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·11 months agoAnd it actually is… Quote from the GDPR: It shall be as easy to withdraw as to give consent.
minus-squarespirinolas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·11 months agoThe problem isn’t the law. It’s that it isn’t enforced.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoIt is enforced, but there are so many websites with so little time. So it takes a while. It used to be WAY worse.
minus-squareEvia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·11 months agoPlus the ‘legitimate interests’ of 3rd parties
minus-squareFrederikNJS@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoYeah, definition of “legitimate interest” is definitely being stretched well beyond it’s breaking point.
minus-squareredditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoPretty sure it is
What’s annoying is the “Reject” button hidden on another page. That should be illegal.
And it actually is… Quote from the GDPR:
The problem isn’t the law. It’s that it isn’t enforced.
It is enforced, but there are so many websites with so little time.
So it takes a while. It used to be WAY worse.
Plus the ‘legitimate interests’ of 3rd parties
Yeah, definition of “legitimate interest” is definitely being stretched well beyond it’s breaking point.
Pretty sure it is