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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by sunir on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:11PM (#19383847)
What evidence is there it is working? That evidence only shows that people have change their web experience to be more annoying out of fear of the EU. It does not show there is less tracking or more public support for privacy.

Most people hate the UX change but don’t care about the privacy so probably a net loss for the EU.

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by Mirioron on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:57PM (#19385890)
I remember reading a report that trackers were down, but it was mostly the smaller European ones that are losing market share:

https://cliqz.com/en/magazine/study-google-is-the-biggest-be...

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Re:Cookie Warning Shenanigans Have Got to Stop by int_19h on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:46PM (#19384732)
That's because the sites currently have an option (or think that they have an option) to make tracking mandatory for their visitors, so long as they consent - which is the easiest way for them to deal with it. It sounds like this Dutch agency is saying that it is not actually compliant with GDPR.
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