Does the GDPR define what the default behavior should be when the user refuses to specify? Does it vary by site? Is it like clicking either “Accept all” or “Reject all”?
Legally, the user has NOT allowed ANY cookies then. (The law still allows the technically needed ones)
But in practice, it is not easy to find out what a website does.
and in practice, if you want a website not to recognize you from one place to the next, you need to make it TECHNICALLY impossible for them to do that (depending on severity: private browsing, IP changing, Tor), not just legally declare you don’t want them to
Install privacy possom and be done with it I say. You can set it to auto reject those popups
I have a question, it’s maybe stupid but still:
Aren’t cookies, like, files on your device?? Can’t you just forbid websites to write anything to disk??
Legally, you are right.
Technically, browsers do not offer all settings that you can dream of.
Try Consent-O-Matic if you’re tired of doing it manually for each website
Or Superagent!
The incident is reported
they shove all their “special” cookies up your computer’s ass and it gets super stoned and forgets it’s not supposed to tell you about how they’ve already taken over the world.
legally as mentioned elsewhere, it’s supposed to treat it as a rejection, except for “necessary” cookies. but, eh… I’m not sure I would trust that. if there’s a website you’re concerned pushing cookies, use firefox’s private window mode. (I wouldn’t trust chrome to not just pretend like incognito actually did something. while it really does nothing.) all cookies are sandboxed, and deleted after you close the browser.
What happens when I ignore the cookie preference dialogue on websites?
You get stuck with the leftovers; which is usually the maple flavour or those really really dry shortbread cookies that feel like dust in your mouth. And you’re not allowed a drink of milk to wash it down.
It helps to get in line early for your cookie preferences.
What? … Wrong cookies?
Sorry about that. I stand by what I said however.
