Tell HN: There are way more cookie prompts in UK than in US
I just arrived in the UK. When browsing familiar website, I'm bombarded by cookie prompts. They're way more often than when I was in the US or Asia. It makes web browsing tedious. It really does.
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When the advertising industry stops to play steal & hide and target individuals over devices and sell it for profit.
Instead of saying "when will this madness end?", take a close look at the consent dialogue and the companies and how much of them are listed in there. Also, switch off all options and go to "legitimate interest" and take a look what's in there again.
The advertising industry is making the Internet broken. I understand, the money is needed for Internet and a lot of services wouldn't be there without advertising. But, sorry, not that way!
May be it's a European thing, but I really care about my data and I really strong opposed to companies making profiles of me everywhere I go and selling them then.. and, Europe made that privacy and data protection laws, because the majority is thinking like me. UK is former European, but they too passed the law.
So, it will stop when you move out of a country, where general data protection is important.
The same familiar sites won't ask you for consent then, but just take your data and sell it. ... Ever wanted to know why your insurance is more expensive than some others? Ask your data dealer...
Or, it will stop when new laws are passed that generally forbid to use data.
Thanks for understanding and accepting other people's thoughts and ways of live :)
Instead of saying "when will this madness end?", take a close look at the consent dialogue and the companies and how much of them are listed in there. Also, switch off all options and go to "legitimate interest" and take a look what's in there again.
The advertising industry is making the Internet broken. I understand, the money is needed for Internet and a lot of services wouldn't be there without advertising. But, sorry, not that way!
May be it's a European thing, but I really care about my data and I really strong opposed to companies making profiles of me everywhere I go and selling them then.. and, Europe made that privacy and data protection laws, because the majority is thinking like me. UK is former European, but they too passed the law.
So, it will stop when you move out of a country, where general data protection is important.
The same familiar sites won't ask you for consent then, but just take your data and sell it. ... Ever wanted to know why your insurance is more expensive than some others? Ask your data dealer...
Or, it will stop when new laws are passed that generally forbid to use data.
Thanks for understanding and accepting other people's thoughts and ways of live :)
The flip side is, if you don’t want your browsing habits shared with every data broker on the planet, you have some say in the matter. You’ll get used to it, given time…
This is because in the United States, it is legal for website holders to share your data with third-parties without ever notifying you. The rampant abuse of your privacy is made evident when you go somewhere that demands cookie consent.
The US should pass a similar law and punish promiscuous data sharing forever. It should be difficult to access websites that auction your data for behavioral advertising.
The US should pass a similar law and punish promiscuous data sharing forever. It should be difficult to access websites that auction your data for behavioral advertising.
For me, it lets you know, of all the companies professing to put the customer first, which actually do. Some websites offer a one-click “No” option. Others require 27 different selections on two pages, in the hope that you miss one. And the Torquemadas of the Internet Age make you choose between light grey and dark grey for the selection on or off.
Ctrl+w or cmd+w usualy fixes the issue for me.