Comment on European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying
BrightCandle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The EU law explicitly says no consent by default and users have to opt in. All of these cookie banners are breaking the law, the law doesn’t need to change it just needs enforcing and these banners will disappear. We already have a do not track header and that could be complied with but it’s enforcement that is the problem.
GigglyBobble@kbin.social 10 months ago
How do they break the law? The opt-in forces them to ask you first and that's what the annoying banners do. Sites that don't care about tracking also don't show these pop-ups.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The default should always be “no”. The user has to opt in.
The law specifically says not to do the super complex dark pattern deny every 3rd part cookie manually by hand - crap.
The problem is that it’s not enforced
psud@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The user often needs to click through several steps to say no
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And that’s exactly against both the spirit and the letter of the law. They need to enforce it.