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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by Macha on Thursday December 10, 2020 @07:54AM (#25373153)
Many sites, upon clicking reject, do not actually disable anything and simply suggest you disable cookies in your browser (sometimes with instructions).
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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday December 10, 2020 @09:57AM (#25374285)
Which is probably not legal.
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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by Macha on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:58AM (#25375065)
Probably not. That's why we need legal enforcement, and not "users learn how to use the cookie options of their browsers" as these sites and the top level comment on this thread suggest.
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