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In what I imagine is a brilliant twist of irony (I can't read the article), all I see when I open this page is a consent form to be tracked, with a link buried

by an_ko 6y ago

In what I imagine is a brilliant twist of irony (I can't read the article), all I see when I open this page is a consent form to be tracked, with a link buried in text to opt out, which brings me to a page that requires me to fill in all of my personal details in order to opt out. Apparently in order not to track me reading their web page, Reuters requires (among others) my full name, residency, date of birth, street address, and telephone number.

Jestar342 6y ago
I see the usual OneTrust modal, with a giant, very easy to locate "Reject All" button at the bottom of the modal. https://imgur.com/uZmlGlc https://imgur.com/uZmlGlc
- an_ko 6y ago
  I see the same. Maybe I'm getting confused by the wording and layout. I interpreted the "Reject All"/"Confirm My Choices" buttons at the bottom to belong only to the "Manage Consent Preferences" section. The "Information Our Partners Collect" part above it is a separate section, with a separate "Accept All" button, and an opt-out link in the text, so I figured the final "Reject All" might only reject the second section. Because why else would they have separate sections with separate buttons? Either way, none of this inspires confidence that they have my interests in mind.
  - estaseuropano 6y ago
    > Either way, none of this inspires confidence that they have my interests in mind. Bingo. This is the underlying issue. And indeed this dual opt out is probably intentionally confusing - and I'm never sure either whether 'refuse all' refuses also the partners.
- throwaway2245 6y ago
  I would wager that "Reject All" does not, in fact, opt you out of "Legitimate Interests" - sites are using the language "Object to Legitimate Interests" for this.
Semaphor 6y ago
For me (EU) the consent popup has "reject all" at the very bottom (though I only see it with blocking disabled). Pretty lame, but still better than most.
- weinzierl 6y ago
  "For me (EU) [..]" You are probably not the right person to ask then, but I always wondered: How prevalent are these consent popups outside of the EU?
  - bgdam 6y ago
    Way less frequent. I'm usually jumping between Germany and India and whenever I'm in Germany it feels like I'm always getting a popup on every site I visit for the first time. A lot of the same sites don't bother to throw the popup when I'm browsing from India.
  - curryst 6y ago
    In the US, I see them fairly often. Doubly annoying because I know they don't even have to obey my answers in the US.
    - Semaphor 6y ago
      If their consent manager doesn't distinguish between EU and non-eu, I doubt they'll handle your data differently
high_byte 6y ago
is there some extension to mark links like this? popups, paywalls, consent forms. all of these, I don't mind if the link is red or if their domain is entirely blocked. I'm immediately not interested in such websites and it would save me so much time

by an_ko 6y ago

Jestar342 6y ago

I see the usual OneTrust modal, with a giant, very easy to locate "Reject All" button at the bottom of the modal. https://imgur.com/uZmlGlc https://imgur.com/uZmlGlc

an_ko 6y ago
I see the same. Maybe I'm getting confused by the wording and layout. I interpreted the "Reject All"/"Confirm My Choices" buttons at the bottom to belong only to the "Manage Consent Preferences" section. The "Information Our Partners Collect" part above it is a separate section, with a separate "Accept All" button, and an opt-out link in the text, so I figured the final "Reject All" might only reject the second section. Because why else would they have separate sections with separate buttons? Either way, none of this inspires confidence that they have my interests in mind.
- estaseuropano 6y ago
  > Either way, none of this inspires confidence that they have my interests in mind. Bingo. This is the underlying issue. And indeed this dual opt out is probably intentionally confusing - and I'm never sure either whether 'refuse all' refuses also the partners.
throwaway2245 6y ago
I would wager that "Reject All" does not, in fact, opt you out of "Legitimate Interests" - sites are using the language "Object to Legitimate Interests" for this.

Semaphor 6y ago

For me (EU) the consent popup has "reject all" at the very bottom (though I only see it with blocking disabled). Pretty lame, but still better than most.

weinzierl 6y ago
"For me (EU) [..]" You are probably not the right person to ask then, but I always wondered: How prevalent are these consent popups outside of the EU?
- bgdam 6y ago
  Way less frequent. I'm usually jumping between Germany and India and whenever I'm in Germany it feels like I'm always getting a popup on every site I visit for the first time. A lot of the same sites don't bother to throw the popup when I'm browsing from India.
- curryst 6y ago
  In the US, I see them fairly often. Doubly annoying because I know they don't even have to obey my answers in the US.
  - Semaphor 6y ago
    If their consent manager doesn't distinguish between EU and non-eu, I doubt they'll handle your data differently

high_byte 6y ago

is there some extension to mark links like this? popups, paywalls, consent forms. all of these, I don't mind if the link is red or if their domain is entirely blocked. I'm immediately not interested in such websites and it would save me so much time