Re:Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?
by rocqua on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:04AM
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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
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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.
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.