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Please open an incognito browser window and go to the "Official website of the European Union": https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en https://europa.eu/euro
by nickpp 5y ago
Please open an incognito browser window and go to the "Official website of the European Union": https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en
Look at the bottom of the page. It's a cookie banner. It was their law. They had 6 years to implement it on their own website. This is the result. The law is broken.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoThis is pretty much how it's supposed to work under GDPR. Offering a clear choice without bias. GDPR isn't about banning cookies. It's about giving the user control of their data.
- nickpp 5y agoWell then - cookie popups that must be clicked every time you visit a website until you accept them, must be ok with you, since "this is how it's supposed to work under GDPR". Sorry, but I don't agree. I consider them a scourge on today's Internet. And I find them a horribly steep price for the "privacy" (really just a lousy IP address obfuscation) you gain in their stead.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoYou don't have to click it every time. Just once. The choice can be perfectly well saved in a cookie because it's a cookie necessary for site operations. They don't even need approval. Only unnecessary ones do.