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Re:Where did all the “reject” buttons come from? by nirimda on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:18AM (#33355145)
There's some weird thing in the law. You can accept or reject data collection, but they can collect data for which a legitimate business interest exists unless you object - so if the law makes it default to no, you reject, but if it's default yes, you have to object. As far as I know, you have a right to object, so yes, legally speaking, it is possible to object to them. This means that there's frequently a second page of third-party/'legitimate interest' cookies, which might have an additional "Object all" button, or it might be that you have to click object one by one.

One example is https://www.bbc.com. Open it in a private window and you should see the invasion-of-privacy popup. You have a "Consent" and "Do not consent" button, but underneath there's also "Manage options". Click and and now you can see that there's a bunch of enabled toggles mixed in with the disabled ones, each of them headed "Legitimate interest" and the help text warns "Some vendors are not asking for your consent, but are using your personal data on the basis of their legitimate interest". So notice the text says that if you do not consent it is not relevant: they're going to do use your data on the basis of their legitimate interest. You must object to these in order to counter their right.

This is because the BBC hates you and wants you to be unhappy.

Re:Where did all the “reject” buttons come from? by rocqua on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:04AM (#33355450)
Is it possible to 'object' to these legitimate interest?

Is it possible for a website to say, if you object to these, just don't use our website/service?

Re:Where did all the “reject” buttons come from? by dspillett on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:28AM (#33355583)
Some sites certainly do present the only options "accept or go away", it slightly more subtle "by continuing..."¹.

IIRC this is against both the meaning and the letter of the law, but that is not practical to properly enforce so they get away with it.

Re:Where did all the “reject” buttons come from? by em-bee on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:30AM (#33357186)
the worst are accept or pay. i found it especially annoying to see that on a site like heise.de who should really know better.
Re:Where did all the “reject” buttons come from? by dspillett on Thursday October 27, 2022 @07:10PM (#33365272)
There is at least some honesty in pay one way or another. The ad industry is so very rarely even that honest, that it is almost refreshing.