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This is only if you have non-essential cookies, ie you are tracking users.
by drb91 8y ago
This is only if you have non-essential cookies, ie you are tracking users.
- mort96 8y agoI find it annoying that every single one of those messages say something to the effect of "We use cookies to improve your user experience", when 99.9% of the time, the only reason you need third-party cookies is user tracking. Maybe that law should've included a clause about how you shouldn't lie about why you're using third-party cookies?
- ChrisSD 8y agoBoth can be true. Why track users? So you can see common paths they take, common stumbling blocks, if feature A is better than feature B, etc, etc. Also ad tracking (supposedly) helps deliver more personalized ads that are actually relevant to the user. So they argue that tracking does improve user experience. You may disagree with their reasoning but that doesn't make them liars.
- salvar 8y agoAre you assuming that user tracking can never help companies improve their user experience?
- rmc 8y ago> Maybe that law should've included a clause about how you shouldn't lie about why you're using third-party cookies? In theory the GDPR/EU Data Protection law covers that. If people consent to one thing, then they haven't consented to to the other thing. So you can't lie to get their personal data.
- ChrisSD 8y agoBut every major website is tracking users. Either for ads or for their own telemetry. Often both.
- drb91 8y agoWell, they try to. There’s certainly room and profit for those invested in alternative revenue models.