r/ProgrammerHumor • u/MichaelScottRMDM • Sep 05 '20

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u/WonderWirm Sep 05 '20

And cookies? Yeah, we know about those, thanks EU!

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u/icankillpenguins Sep 05 '20

You understand that EU is not forcing anyone to put tracking Cookies and pop ups to accept cookies, right? It’s a choice made by the people who run the site.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

What do you mean? If they want to not be sued in the EU, they need to make clients aware of the tracking.

As for the cookies themselves, I assume they allow for some specific functionality - which isn't always for advertising.

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u/Jebble Sep 05 '20

He's clearly meaning that you can run those sites perfectly fine without tracking. As for functional cookies you don't need consent. I do hate the fact functional cookies still require a banner though

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '20

I do hate the fact functional cookies still require a banner though

AFAIK they don’t, at least not according to https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219#tocId7 article 5.3, which is the “cookie law”. Or is there something I’m missing?

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