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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by umvi on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:40AM (#23092253)
Determining whether a user has "consented" is impossible, as evidenced by this thread, so the law is folly.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by ahartmetz on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:25PM (#23092883)
In a highly technical sense, it is maybe not. In a legal sense, which applies human common sense when necessary, it absolutely is.
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Re:No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU... by ferzul on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @03:25PM (#23095206)
it is easy to determine if a user has consented. but if you go out of your way to mix in “i consented” and “i want this box to stop annoying me as quickly as possible” into one bucket, the fact that you have trouble separating them is a problem you created
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