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Re:Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked by CaptainZapp on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @09:03AM (#23758753)
What's even worse is the same system (Customize) to then land on a 30 page privacy statement with instructions how to opt-out with each of their 140 "partners".

Alternatively you get advised (also in the context of that 30 page privacy statement) to disable cookies.

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Re:Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked by mrunkel on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @09:08AM (#23758804)
Which, after laboriously opting out of all 130 options, will show you an error message that not all partners currently except opt-outs. It's infuriating.
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Re:Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked by rmc on Saturday July 11, 2020 @08:02AM (#23801462)
If people _cannot_ opt out, then the opt in is legally meaningless. i.e. people cannot legally opt in.
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Re:Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked by rmc on Saturday July 11, 2020 @08:01AM (#23801456)
The GDPR says that you only have consent if it is as easy to opt out as to opt in. So if it's one click to opt in and 140+ to opt out, then the opt ins don't count. So you're processing personal data without consent.

That's the way we prosecute them.

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