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The cookie banners aren't worthless. The websites presenting cookie banners either don't know the law, or are engaged in spyware shit. You don't need a cookie b
by bad_user 1y ago
The cookie banners aren't worthless. The websites presenting cookie banners either don't know the law, or are engaged in spyware shit. You don't need a cookie banner if you need it to provide a service that the user expects (e.g., saving settings, login).
As an EU citizen, I'm not concerned about your need to observe my behaviour or to prevent ad-click fraud. What I care about is websites sharing my navigation history with Google or the rest of the advertising industry, so yes, I'd like to be informed of it.
Personally, instead of having banners, I'd just ban the practices altogether (e.g., targeted advertising, 3rd party analytics), which would certainly simplify business.
- tzs 1y ago> The websites presenting cookie banners either don't know the law, or are engaged in spyware shit. You don't need a cookie banner if you need it to provide a service that the user expects (e.g., saving settings, login). There's quite a lot between "engaged in spyware shit" and "service that the user expects". For example if I want to add first party analytics to my site, the data from which I will use solely internally to try to figure out what pages people like and which they do not like, it is not "spyware shit" if I explain what I'll be using the data for and get permission from the user--and getting that permission needs a cookie banner.
- Gud 1y agoAre cookie banners really a requirement in that case? I think as long as you don’t share the data with a third party you’re in the clear?
- schnubbidubb 1y agoMatomo for example has an explanation how to gather data without having to display a banner: https://matomo.org/faq/new-to-piwik/how-do-i-use-matomo-analytics-without-consent-or-cookie-banner/ https://matomo.org/faq/new-to-piwik/how-do-i-use-matomo-anal...
- EGreg 1y agoIf you have first-party session cookies that can last for weeks or years, are they considered “tracking cookies”? Because true session-expiry times on cookies SUCK BADLY: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4132095/when-does-a-cookie-with-expiration-time-at-end-of-session-expire https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4132095/when-does-a-cook...
- cbeach 1y agoYes. For example, if you want to track unique users (for the most rudimentary analytics), you'll need to put a uuid in a cookie on their browser, and you'll need to damage your UX with a stupid cookie consent popup, thanks to EU Directives. This is not nefarious data collection, and it shouldn't need user consent - but it does, because EU lawmakers were overzealous and careless when designing their regulation.
- addicted 1y agoThe website can also choose not to track me on an individual basis.
- cbeach 1y agoI'm talking about rudimentary analytics with no harmful consequences for you as an individual
- awiesenhofer 1y agoNo, you dont! Only if you use third party services to do that or collect data thats not essential to your business. Its just coloquially called a "Cookie Banner", but the laws DONT require you to put up one as soon as you set one cookie!
- cbeach 1y agoIt does if the cookie contains any uuid that might be linkable to a user's identity (which is obviously necessary if you want to perform rudimentary self-hosted analytics on unique user visits)
- EGreg 1y agoOnly if it is a “tracking cookie”, and lasts for more than one day. But how do they define these terms ??
- const_cast 1y agoYou don’t require any for cookies that facilitate necessary site functionality, like login or, in this case, a uuid. There’s widespread misunderstanding of the law.
- rekabis 1y ago> if I want to add first party analytics to my site, the data from which I will use solely internally to try to figure out what pages people like and which they do not like, This is doable entirely on the server side, provided there is no caching or CDNs that get in the way. What you lose with that method, however, is all the spyware-like shit that analytics tends to gravitate towards.
- milesrout 1y agoCookies aren't spyware. If you want to disable them, disable them in your browser. It is something you send to the server. Not something they do on their end. Surely people here are aware of that?
- Boltgolt 1y agoThe issue is when you want to be able to stay logged in to a site, but do not want Google track you across the internet. Cookies do not differentiate between what they are used for, so sites have to make it clear only if they are going to track you. You do NOT need a cookie banner if you're not tracking your users