Is there anyone who actually consents for any other reason than the consent button being either to click than more options? Would we accept this kind of behavioural tracking in real life? Of course not.
Just ban tracking for advertising purposes entirely, or at the last least mandate that sites respect the do not track header and require browser manufacturers implement it as opt-in.
>Is there anyone who actually consents for any other reason than the consent button being either to click than more options?
If the "reject all" button isn't as easy to click as the "accept all" button, then the popup is illegal. The big players have all been forced into compliance, but there's a long tail of publishers who are chancing their arm on the assumption that the regulators don't have the resources to deal with everyone. That's probably a reasonable assumption in the short term, but the EU are playing the long game.
That's what they say, but even government websites do the same thing.
Anyway, my point wasn't so much about the pop up itself but rather that if you make it easy to reject, then everyone will reject. So what's the point of allowing it? It's like having a cashier asking everyone "would you like to get kicked in the balls?" with the hope that someone misunderstands, and then they get to kick them in the balls.
> If the "reject all" button isn't as easy to click as the "accept all" button, then the popup is illegal
You should watch the video in the linked article. The options are accept all and "customize". I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that accepting is one click and rejecting is more than one
So you’re a company with a web property. Your lawyers tell you you have two options:
1. Ensure that you’re perfectly abiding by all “legit purposes” and be prepared to update your policies and software each time those change, at the risk of huge fines. Or,
2. Just put an annoying banner up and have no risk.
Which do you do?
Government created this problem. Yes, it was in response to bad behavior from industry, but that doesn’t absolve the bureaucrats from responsibility for the results of their “solution”. If someone lights your kitchen on fire and the fire department’s response is to burn down the entire house, there is plenty of blame to go around.
If these are the two options your lawyers give you, fire them, because they are lazy shit bags.
All you need to do is not store cookies. That's it. It's not difficult at all. If you do want to cover your ass and use a consent dialog, there's a million options that are non-disruptive to your users and allow them to one click opt out.
The banners usually don't provide you with an all-or-nothing approach. Choice is usually between reject everything *except essential*, accept everything, or something in between.
That means the analysis for point 1 has been made. They know exactly which cookies need consent.
This is nonsense. You can't just put any kind of cookie banner up and magically be in compliance. You'd still have to explain what kind of data is being shared with with parties and why. And you have to update your privacy policy to keep it accurate in any case!
In fact, many of the websites that have these obnoxious cookie banners are NOT in compliance because don't offer a simple and unambiguous opt-out option.
These cookie banners and cookie popups are intentionally made to be maximally annoying. That's not good faith behavior by companies. That's malicious and an attempt to get consumers to blame regulators for breaking their browsing experience. The worst thing is that some people totally fall for it!
2 doesn't work since you actually have to list what you use the data for and keep that list up to date. You think large companies like Google didn't already try that?
> Which do you do?
Given that 2 goes out of its way to violate the law and make your users miserable I would suggest 1. But that is just the opinion of a non lawyer.
If website uses cookies just for legit purposes (e.g auth, language choice), then it doesn't need to show cookie consent.
Webmasters should get awarness on this or stop spying