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You decline "legitimate interest", too, in your browser presets, of course you do. And if it goes via browser you can deliberately choose advertisers you trust
by froh 4y ago
You decline "legitimate interest", too, in your browser presets, of course you do.
And if it goes via browser you can deliberately choose advertisers you trust, centrally in one place.
Of course I want this in the browser.
- tjoff 4y agoNo you don't. What site operators try to push as legitimate interest isn't by any definition legitimate interest. To have it set in the browser is quite detrimental to online privacy. Legitimate interest is an attempt to circumvent the law. It is not like your browser is sentient and could recognize that.
- _kuvn 4y ago> No you don't. What site operators try to push as legitimate interest isn't by any definition legitimate interest. In that case, starting to go after big corps that abuse legitimate interest with GDPR fines should sort the problem out pretty quickly
- tjoff 4y agoIt is being done, no it isn't quick. Youtube was drastically improved recently (due to fines), for example.
- alpaca128 4y agoThis all assumes websites won't just ignore your choices or deceive you either way, which is a real risk whether you do it via browser or not. The only real difference is UX. Users want a "no and never ask me again" button, and that's not possible if every website has to ask you separately. > If the "browser" did this for me I wouldn't know what absolute illegal nonsense they would try to sneak in via "legitimate interest". Of course you would, if it's done properly. The browser would be able to list the cookies too, but in this case in one consistent UI that wasn't built with malicious intent.
- tjoff 4y agoSure, that is true. But given the wide-spread use of banners it is at least obvious that they care enough to ruin their own UX. Which is also a huge cost. As you say, users want a "no and never ask me again". Well, you can have that today. Just don't do anything that requires anyone to say no. And again, if a site chooses that path then the banner is a feature. It is disrespectful and although it is a royal pain it is very good for users to know up front what kind of entity they are dealing with. Remove that and people will become apathetic to it.
- froh 4y agoOh double negations... When you decline legitimate interest, you declare to your browser: "no website has a legitimate interest." And the browser passes this information on. Also I said this in the context of GPs statement in that legitimate interest couldn't be handled. So it without saying it goes alongside a general advertisement cookie rejection.