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Re:Firefox private mode now automatically blocks cookie bann... by LunaSea on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @03:17PM (#38859241)
How are you able to recommend content to a user without having previously asked for consent?

Either you have no data and so no information to tune your recommendations or you have data in which case you needed to request for consent

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Re:Firefox private mode now automatically blocks cookie bann... by SAI_Peregrinus on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @03:30PM (#38859414)
Or you can recommend content related to what's on the page. Same way TV & other traditional ads tend to work, since they can't track users.
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Re:Firefox private mode now automatically blocks cookie bann... by treffer on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @04:31PM (#38860215)
Same way Spotify does it on startup: ask about a few things.

IANAL, but worked through implementations that can work without banner consent.

I don't want to imply that it is easy or anything. It's pretty annoying, especially as the purpose of that data needs to be tightly tracked. But it is totally doable.

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