German court rules cookie banners must offer "reject all" button

https://www.techspot.com/news/108043-german-court-takes-stand-against-manipulative-cookie-banners.html

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9 Comments

jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 37 pts · 1y

The original GDPR law already said that it must be as easy to consent as to deny consent. And yet most websites don't implement that. I wonder if this law has any extra teeth.

Luccus@feddit.org · 32 pts · 1y (2 replies)

But what will I do now in my free time, if I'm unable to spend it clicking "reject" 874 times (real number btw.) for "legitimate interests".

tfm@europe.pub · 9 pts · 1y

I'm sure that's still an option

sunbytes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Most privacy plugins (even the ones that work less because of chromium) have an option to "auto-decline all" standard cookie popups.

I use ghostery but I think uBlock origin has an opt-in one, and almost certainly there's plugins that only do the declining (if you don't want the adblockers for other reasons).

annoyed_onion@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

A few banners already do this. I do wish they all would do it, even as a second click when you have all the options listed would be an improvement.

moakley@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Man, don't put chocolate chip cookies in the thumbnail if the post isn't about chocolate chip cookies. Now I need to go eat some chocolate chip cookies or I'm going to feel off all day.

name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y

Ikr. Literally working in a bakery rn and I'm like 'bruh'...

Ging@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y

But am I a hero or douche for consistently clicking 'reject non-essentials' without thinking? 🤔

mriswith@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Neat, but how about you enforce GDPR first. Which already includes a part about requiring an easy way to deny all non-essential cookies.