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The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in May 2018 and requires that companies obtain explicit permission from individuals to utilize their data. Since the GDPR became enforceable, the number of third-party cookies found on news websites in Europe declined by 22%, according to a study by Reuters Institute.
Between April and July, Reuters researchers analyzed about 1 million content requests from more than 200 news publishers in the EU. They found that the number of third-party cookies used per webpage declined from about 80 in April to about 60 in July.
[Ed note: I use the "Cookies Exterminator" add-on for Pale Moon that, except for my white-listed web sites, removes all cookies after something like a 15-second delay. How do you keep your cookies under control? --martyb]
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Friday August 31 2018, @02:23PM
Let me guess - you were born stupid, and there is no cure.
It takes some moderate EFFORT on the part of internet users to turn off all that tracking. When people started learning, and applying, effective means to block tracking, the trackers came out with their "super cookies". People learned to defeat those, so the trackers came out with fingerprinting. Canvass. What's next?
It's bad enough that so many people don't know, and/or don't care about tracking. But YOUR TEAM works hard to track those of us who do know, and do care.
Just to be clear, no browser has ever displayed the question, "Is it alright for sites to install a super cookie on your computer, which will track you, no matter how many regular cookies you erase?" "Is it alright with you if sites fingerprint you, share your fingerprint with dozens of other sites, so they can all track everything you do on the internet?"
How about one better? "Is it alright if sites install tracking devices on your machines and/or home network, so that they can learn that your daughter is pregnant before you know about it?"
In case you haven't got the message yet: YOUR SIDE DISGUSTS ME!
If you, or I, were to PERSONALLY install tracking on any person's computers, and we were found out, overnight, we would become "Creepiest Motherfucker in America". Our names and faces would be plastered on the evening news for weeks to come, if not longer.
Think about that for awhile.
GDPR is great, and the US needs to enact that very same rules.
You need to note that this does not stop tracking entirely. You can easily put a popup on your website, that says, "If you don't allow me to track you, you cannot read my shitzls!" Those who accept the tracking, in exchange for your schitzls are find. Those who refuse are also fine. JUST STOP SNEAKING IN BEHIND THEM!