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cuu508 · 2024-11-18T20:35:53 1731962153

I'm tracking a few Latvian websites here: https://xn--skdatnes-9ib.lv

The page is generated by a script which visits a list of sites using chromium&selenium, and records what cookies get set on first visit.

The page is in Latvian, but each red cell represents a cookie that was set too early, before obtaining consent.

From the sites I've checked, news portals as a category are the worst offenders.

The script itself is here: https://github.com/cuu508/tasting-party

kleiba · 2024-11-18T20:53:32 1731963212

A noble effort, good sir.

Are you taking any actions in the cases where you detect cookies being set by a website without consent?

cuu508 · 2024-11-18T21:03:57 1731963837

Yes. In short, I start with a friendly email. If no response, I follow up with a formal, signed complaint. Then if no action, I report to our country's DPA.

In quite a few cases, the friendly email alone does the trick. Sometimes the premature cookies are indeed a bug, and get fixed quickly.

kleiba · 2024-11-18T21:06:22 1731963982

Keep fighting the good fight.