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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by gsich on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:43AM (#38083903)
Technical cookies don't need a cookie banner anyway. Sadly not all website operators know this.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by kioshix on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:51AM (#38085735)
They know this very well, but marketing/legal etc. force them to display it anyway, because they want to annoy you into just clicking "Accept all".
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by shadowgovt on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:29PM (#38089282)
And because the law is written so unaccountable bureaucrats (often in another country) get to decide what is a "technical cookie," so better safe than sorry.
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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by tremon on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @08:35PM (#38107393)
often in another country

Stop spouting nonsense. Enforcement is done by the DPA of the country where the company is located, hence why everyone is annoyed with how Ireland is handling Facebook but can't do anything about it.

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by shadowgovt on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @10:09PM (#38108103)
My company is located in the United States; which DPA has authority over the way my site handles Europeans' private data?
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