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> they are even on government websites Could you give some examples please? I checked all the government websites I could think of and didn't see any.

by msl 4y ago

throwaway_sb666 4y ago
https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ lol ;-) https://european-union.europa.eu/ https://european-union.europa.eu/ https://www.sundhed.dk/ https://www.sundhed.dk/ https://www.securite-sociale.fr/ https://www.securite-sociale.fr/ 4 out of 4 in my case. May I ask which ones you checked, I'm genuinely curious, cause I really don't remember seeing any official website in the EU without cookie banner in many years.
- msl 4y ago
  Okay, the first two are pretty hilarious, but as far as I can tell, the first one doesn't actually set any cookies if you don't react to the banner, and the second one sets just this: "{"cm":false,"all1st":false,"closed":false}", which seems acceptable. The other two are trickier to judge, but contain (user?) identifiers, which could certainly be used for tracking, so I'll have to concede your point. Edit: I had to recheck some of the sites I'd previously checked, as your examples helped me realize that my browser does a lot of blocking. It turns out that just one of my examples was actually a good one: https://finlex.fi/en/ https://finlex.fi/en/ Edit2: Found others: https://www.suomi.fi/frontpage https://www.suomi.fi/frontpage and https://vnk.fi/en/frontpage https://vnk.fi/en/frontpage Both actually do set cookies, but apparently nothing requiring consent.
  - throwaway_sb666 4y ago
    Terve! Not surprised to see Finland slightly ahead of the curve. I think the default is that most people, professionals included, don't understand the law and throw in the banner-spam to be on the safe side or because of outdated checklists. I have zero problem with (edit: first-party) cookies, only with the web being a horrible UX for 95% of people, so hope more official websites can lead the way, so that pop-ups can slowly be de-normalized in peoples minds. Edit: > https://finlex.fi/en/ https://finlex.fi/en/ Nice find. Also: https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/frontpage https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/frontpage Can they inform Denmark? https://www.justitsministeriet.dk/ https://www.justitsministeriet.dk/

> they are even on government websites Could you give some examples please? I checked all the government websites I could think of and didn't see any.

by msl 4y ago

> they are even on government websites Could you give some examples please? I checked all the government websites I could think of and didn't see any.

throwaway_sb666 4y ago

https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ lol ;-) https://european-union.europa.eu/ https://european-union.europa.eu/ https://www.sundhed.dk/ https://www.sundhed.dk/ https://www.securite-sociale.fr/ https://www.securite-sociale.fr/ 4 out of 4 in my case. May I ask which ones you checked, I'm genuinely curious, cause I really don't remember seeing any official website in the EU without cookie banner in many years.

msl 4y ago
Okay, the first two are pretty hilarious, but as far as I can tell, the first one doesn't actually set any cookies if you don't react to the banner, and the second one sets just this: "{"cm":false,"all1st":false,"closed":false}", which seems acceptable. The other two are trickier to judge, but contain (user?) identifiers, which could certainly be used for tracking, so I'll have to concede your point. Edit: I had to recheck some of the sites I'd previously checked, as your examples helped me realize that my browser does a lot of blocking. It turns out that just one of my examples was actually a good one: https://finlex.fi/en/ https://finlex.fi/en/ Edit2: Found others: https://www.suomi.fi/frontpage https://www.suomi.fi/frontpage and https://vnk.fi/en/frontpage https://vnk.fi/en/frontpage Both actually do set cookies, but apparently nothing requiring consent.
- throwaway_sb666 4y ago
  Terve! Not surprised to see Finland slightly ahead of the curve. I think the default is that most people, professionals included, don't understand the law and throw in the banner-spam to be on the safe side or because of outdated checklists. I have zero problem with (edit: first-party) cookies, only with the web being a horrible UX for 95% of people, so hope more official websites can lead the way, so that pop-ups can slowly be de-normalized in peoples minds. Edit: > https://finlex.fi/en/ https://finlex.fi/en/ Nice find. Also: https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/frontpage https://oikeusministerio.fi/en/frontpage Can they inform Denmark? https://www.justitsministeriet.dk/ https://www.justitsministeriet.dk/