German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding

Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by philipwhiuk on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:18AM (#38084378)

> The only thing I've wondered about is whether we show a one-off notice saying "we note your DNT setting and we've disabled tracking"

How would you make it one-off?

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by lexicality on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:24AM (#38084441)

purely functional cookies (eg dismissed_banner=true) don't require consent

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by plagiarist on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:20AM (#38084401)

Store a cookie that notes it has been displayed, but with no ID which can link between sessions.

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by wwalexander on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:29AM (#38084512)

Enough ID-less cookies become a de facto ID pretty quickly. ID cookies are just the easiest method of fingerprinting users.

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by mafuy on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:13AM (#38085159)

This is one of the most harmless uses of a cookie one could imagine. It can only be used to identify someone in combination with other fingerprinting techniques, but applying those without consent would be illegal. Accordingly, its danger can be entirely dismissed here.

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Re:German court declares Do Not Track to be legally binding by plagiarist on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:45AM (#38085647)

Only if one actively uses them that way, in defiance of the laws in question.

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