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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @02:50PM (3 children)
Actually, I'm not the kind of clown who fucks :o)
The GDPR is not an adblocker, and not meant to be. The GDPR is a tool to level the playing field between powerful websites and powerless users. By forcing the visibility of information, it allows an informed choice for users. And it works, too, as I could observe on numerous occasions, for those users who actually care.
Of course, I do realize that there are very strong interests that would be much happier with users who can be exploited in ignorance. As I said: I find that anti-social. Good riddance.
BTW: I find your emotional reaction very interesting. Why are you so riled up about the GDPR?
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday August 31 2018, @04:57PM (1 child)
Some people dislike anything done by the EU government...or possibly even by the EU member states. This provides them sufficient reason to dislike the GDPR. You can recognize them because they never can find good reasons that they are willing to publicly admit for their dislike...unless you consider "they're foreigners!" to be a good reason, as many will admit that.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @05:38PM
It's a manner of "buyer's remorse" where they can only justify their own shitty system by ranking on another.
(Score: 1) by easyTree on Friday August 31 2018, @10:20PM
Business has responded variously:
* Destroy the user experience until you go through compliance.
* Provide a LONG list of cookies used by the site and long article explaining how to block them
* Provide a single-click method to allow creeping on the user and really convoluted, deprioritised series of steps to automate creeping-denial for each of the hundreds of 'partners' who want to creep on you. May of these don't provide an automated method to avoid creeping so there's a link to more BS.
* Optionally remove access to site unless creeping is allowed
In other words, SOP oily-teflon-weasel bullshit:
* we want to creep all up on your information and we'll make it really difficult for you if you're not into that.