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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by swebs on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:18AM (#25373359)
>Also I shouldn't have to opt out

Actually, the law says the tracking cookies have to be opt in, which is why the pop ups are so aggressive and undismissable in the first place.

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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by Nextgrid on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:51AM (#25373653)
Pop-ups being aggressive/undismissable is in breach of the GDPR, so given enough enforcement the problem will self-resolve. These fines are a great first step I'd say (though long overdue).
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Re:French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookie... by gpderetta on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:49AM (#25373640)
of course. I'm complaining about the practical implementations and the suggestion to just disable cookies.
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