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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by pptr on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:17AM (#38082086)
How is DNT different from simply not giving consent in this case?
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by reddalo on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:20AM (#38082104)
In other words: why is it legal to show me annoying cookie consent banners if I already chose to send a Do Not Track header?

Asking again for consent after being rejected is forbidden.

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by eilefsen on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:10AM (#38082506)
Exactly, any form of consent requires respecting "No" as a final answer. After that, consent is opt-in.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by bobmaxup on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:18AM (#38082562)
Yeah, many articles and people here raising this point in 2017-2018
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by openplatypus on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:28AM (#38082167)
It is just legalise. There was always a problem in defining what DNT actually means and what it implies.

Just check how confusing and ambiguous the whole header is across various references

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/DN...

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