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In the large majority of websites, Google Analytics fires even before the cookie banner, and the banner is only used to inform you that by continuing navigation you are accepting to be tracked.
Yes, this is illegal. But not enforceable.
[1]: there are devs selling websites for 500 dollars/euros.
If I ignore privacy banners (or click the 'x') do the websites I visit go about their business as if I had clicked accept?
As a European I encounter a lot dark patterns to circumvent privacy laws. Some just ignore your choice and track you. Some don't give you a reject option. Some make it really really annoying (or slow) to reject. Do you think it's possible to politely ask them on twitter to change? Maybe as a group?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quoting the banner: "You can consent to the use of such technologies by closing this notice"
Well the implication of that sentence is therefore that if you click "Accept" you're simply accepting that you can consent by closing the notice. Therefore clicking the X is consenting, and clicking "Accept" is choosing not to consent.
If I ignore privacy banners (or click the 'x') do the websites I visit go about their business as if I had clicked accept?
The GDPR strictly requires an explicit opt-in. So it's reasonable to assume that clicking on 'X' is a rejection. But some website do not accept that as a rejection.
As a European I encounter a lot dark patterns to circumvent privacy laws. Some just ignore your choice and track you. Some don't give you a reject option. Some make it really really annoying (or slow) to reject. Do you think it's possible to politely ask them on twitter to change? Maybe as a group?
I thought there was an official governmental point of contact that handled such complaints, and had teeth?
As a European I encounter a lot dark patterns to circumvent privacy laws. Some just ignore your choice and track you. Some don't give you a reject option. Some make it really really annoying (or slow) to reject. Do you think it's possible to politely ask them on twitter to change? Maybe as a group?
I thought there was an official governmental point of contact that handled such complaints, and had teeth?
The Data Protection Authority are underfunded and understaffed. They try the best with their resources.
The reject option would be leaving the banner up wouldn't it? Does that break the law?
In this case, only by consenting to the cookies I could have access to those links.
Why can’t regulatory bodies set up automated flows and tools to handle this at scale? Don’t need to catch every case but they should be able to massively scale the complaints process for this.
This site here e.g. does it: https://www.spiegel.de/
imprint is still reachable, but if you want to read this news site you'll have to allow all the tracking crap.