The cookie banner on iapp.org is provided by OneTrust via cookiepro.org[1]. This thing figures out your location (by IP address) and displays a banner at the bo

The cookie banner on iapp.org is provided by OneTrust via cookiepro.org[1]. This thing figures out your location (by IP address) and displays a banner at the bottom of the page with specific buttons for the laws based on where you live. It captures data from around 42k websites[2], with a unique user-specific ID, so OneTrust can track people across all those sites. If OneTrust operate other services, or if they share the data with other organizations, they can track you more widely. Cookie banners that seek to improve privacy for users by limiting what third parties can do have become another way to track people. Limiting the activity of cookie banner providers would not be a terrible idea. [1] https://www.cookiepro.com/products/cookie-consent/ https://www.cookiepro.com/products/cookie-consent/ [2] https://cookiepedia.co.uk/host/cookielaw.org https://cookiepedia.co.uk/host/cookielaw.org