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Re:Facebook ordered to delete illegally collected data by Be... by jacquesm on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:58PM (#16395524)
Did you know that functional cookies are exempt from the cookie law?
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Re:Facebook ordered to delete illegally collected data by Be... by GlitchMr on Friday February 16, 2018 @06:46PM (#16397677)
They are, but the failure of a law is that people did not know that, and just put cookie warnings to be safe, and in the end all websites had cookie warnings making the entire thing pointless.
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Re:Facebook ordered to delete illegally collected data by Be... by freeone3000 on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:36PM (#16395890)
What's a functional cookie? What makes it separate from an essential cookie? What, exactly, links it to a user?

Knowing that certain types of cookies is exempt is insufficient knowledge.

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