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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by livre on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:59AM (#23091694)
What makes that different than the failed do not track header?
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by jchook on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:14AM (#23091868)
The DNT header must be honored by the remote service, similar to robots.txt.

Since the browser itself stores the cookies, it has the absolute authority to stop them.

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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by livre on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:33PM (#23099431)
So is this just going to be a different/easier way to configure per site cookies?
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by Deukhoofd on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:16AM (#23091888)
Actual legal backing.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by vorpalhex on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:21AM (#23091987)
Has anyone been successfully sued/fined/punished under GDPR in a meaningful way? Clearly TC still gets away with this nonsense.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by zimpenfish on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:30AM (#23092113)
Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDPR_fines_and_notices

Google, $50M; Marriott International, £99M; British Airways, £183M; 1&1 €9.5M; etc.

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