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The cookie law did not forced the sites to tell you exactly what data they sell/share and to what companies. The way it was implemented was "This site uses coo
by simion314 8y ago
The cookie law did not forced the sites to tell you exactly what data they sell/share and to what companies.
The way it was implemented was "This site uses cookies to store your preferences and it can't work without this essential technology".
I suggested this because I see some people here don't want to stop selling the data, at least have this selling transparent to the user.
Maybe we get the ad blockers, containers in browser and other related technology adoption rise faster(it won't solve all the problems but would stop tracking at least)
- TeMPOraL 8y agoYes and no. If all you wanted to say was: > "This site uses cookies to store your preferences and it can't work without this essential technology". ... then you didn't need to display anything at all. You only needed a cookie warning if you were doing tracking and other data collection that was not a technical requirement of the site (and "supporting the business model of selling user data" is not a technical requirement of a site). Alas, the law was broken enough that everyone could get away with defaulting to show a vague "this site uses cookies for your own good" message. Where it applies, GDPR doesn't disallow selling data. It just ensures the user explicitly opts into that scheme. That creates extra burden for those who don't mind their data being resold, but that's like a small percentage of users. The ones who desperately don't want to be tracked are another small percentage. The vast majority of users are people who don't know any better and don't even understand the topic, so they will go along with whatever is presented.