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There are a lot of misconceptions in the comments, this is honestly not what I expect from HN. - cookie banners are the result of the ePrivacy directive, NOT t
by thiht 4y ago
There are a lot of misconceptions in the comments, this is honestly not what I expect from HN.
- cookie banners are the result of the ePrivacy directive, NOT the GDPR. This directive is implemented in France in the law « informatique et libertés » which is honestly pretty good overall
- cookie banners are NOT mandatory when you use cookies. If you use only technical cookies (session IDs, local settings, etc.), you do NOT need a cookie banner. The law simply states that you must ask consent before tracking users. Cookie banners just highlight the fact that tons of websites track their users and did it on the cover of unreadable ToS before. The fact that cookie banners are so annoying proves the law wasn’t misguided
- cookies are not the only target of ePrivacy: it’s a law about consent to tracking, not about cookies
- the law works. I personally go out of my way to click « reject non necessary » when I can. I also report websites violating the intent of the law when I see them
- 762236 4y agoI enable all the tracking, as it gives higher quality ads. If I have to suffer from ads, I want them relevant.
- davidguetta 4y ago* cookie banners are NOT mandatory when you use cookies. If you use only technical cookies (session IDs, local settings, etc.), Theres sort of a grey area where you need them to do basic website analytics, which IS a bit annoying as a developper since all website will ever do this until the end of times
- wlll 4y ago> need them to do basic website analytics This can be done without tracking users though. Also, in the context of "no-one owes you a business model", just because being able to do something can increase your bottom line by some % doesn't mean you can do it at the expense of individuals. The web industry (which I'm very much a part of) had years during which they could have voluntarily stopped being shitty to users, and they didn't, so now we have GDPR etc.