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They don't feel silly, they are silly. It has literally just made the situation worse.

• raverbashing 9y ago
  What's silly is people tacking in the cookie notice even for 99% of the times they are not needed > Cookies clearly exempt from consent according to the EU advisory body on data protection- WP29pdf include: > user‑input cookies (session-id) such as first‑party cookies to keep track of the user's input when filling online forms, shopping carts, etc., for the duration of a session or persistent cookies limited to a few hours in some cases authentication cookies, to identify the user once he has logged in, for the duration of a session > user‑centric security cookies, used to detect authentication abuses, for a limited persistent duration multimedia content player cookies, used to store technical data to play back video or audio content, for the duration of a session > load‑balancing cookies, for the duration of session > user‑interface customisation cookies such as language or font preferences, for the duration of a session (or slightly longer) > third‑party social plug‑in content‑sharing cookies, for logged‑in members of a social network. http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm
  • zerostar07 9y ago
    most sites have ads. those companies require it
    • raverbashing 9y ago
      Good catch. Still, some cookie notices keep coming back even after you acknowledge them
    • M2Ys4U 9y ago
      That's the point. Ads harm the visitors of your website, so you should tell them they're being harmed.