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Re:Europe's cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels want... by mirzap on Monday September 22, 2025 @12:50PM (#45336110)
It does mandate cookie banners. The client I worked for on the last project got fined because they were missing a cookie banner.

The solution is much simpler - ban targeted ads. The entire purpose of collecting user data is to deliver targeted ads.

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Re:Europe's cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels want... by rasz on Monday September 22, 2025 @03:52PM (#45338606)
Nah, they were fined for tracking users without consent.
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Re:Europe's cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels want... by mirzap on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:42AM (#45343565)
And cookie banners are what exactly? That's right, you ask users to consent to use cookies to track them. Thus, cookie banners are REQUIRED because you can't run a business without any insight into how your users use your product.
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