TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across Europe

Re:TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across E... by simias on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:35AM (#26155655)

I see this mindset a lot but I don't really get it. You'd rather blame the legislation for forcing the websites to disclose all the tracking that they do instead of blaming the websites for tracking you in the first place?

I'm very happy that I can at least click "say no to all" when I get to a new website. Hopefully if enough people do that, they'll realize that the current approach is counterproductive and switch to a different model eventually.

I don't know if you've ever bothered to go through the list of "third parties" you can now opt-in to track you, but I'm frankly amazed by the sheer number of them. Literally hundreds. Before the GDPR I knew that I was tracked online, but honestly I underestimated the scale of it all. Apparently hundreds of companies around the world used to track my every step online. Good riddance.

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Re:TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across E... by oh_sigh on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @02:02PM (#26157449)

Wouldn't it be easier to just disable cookies in your browser then? And you can re-enable them on a per-site basis if you think you need them.

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Re:TikTok hit with consumer law breaches complaints across E... by nyanpasu64 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @02:41PM (#26157862)

I'm using Enhanced Tracking Protection set to Strict, and I still get cookie banners. Is there any difference between saying "Allow All" and "Reject All"? Will "Reject All" reduce server-side tracking and sharing of information among data brokers?

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