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We and our 838 partners use cookies (euronews.com)
26 points by serial_dev 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments



It’s funny that the button to close the popup without agreeing is disguised as a subtitle.


I'm confused — how does this relate to the title?


It’s the cookie consent form being discussed.


Exactly, it's about the cookie consent. I was a bit shocked when I saw that, and thought it's interesting, so submitted it.

I expected 10-50 "partners" but definitely not 800+.

I guess that is why most websites just list their "partners" and hope nobody will actually count them.


If you have not yet visited the site, you will see a popup stating "We and our 838 partners use cookies", with the usual options to agree or disagree. However, their opt-out process takes only two clicks, so at least the GDPR is working that well.


Afaik disagreeing should be as easy as agreeing. So I don't think it's a GDPR-compliant implementation. Also disagreeing should not be discouraged by visual methods (such as different colors) or making the button look as it's a disabled button (as it does in this example).


I've already seen upwards of 1.5k but can't remember where...


"Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data with over 1,500 Companies", https://www.wired.com/story/cookie-pop-up-ad-tech-partner-to... .

Posted last month on HN, 3 comments at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39835704




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