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Study: most cookie consent forms served to EU users violate GDPR's informed consent requirement by using pre-ticked boxes, hiding “reject all” option, and more

Most cookie consent pop-ups served to Internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission …

TechCrunch Natasha Lomas

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  • @aaronklein Aaron Klein on x
    Most cookie consent forms accomplish NOTHING beyond harassing users on the web. We already have a way to surf the web without tracking — it's called incognito mode. https://twitter.com/...
  • @medvidekpu @medvidekpu on x
    @Techmeme @riptari Useless anyway. Not to mention that everybody just got used to clicking without even reading or bothering.
  • @iethics @iethics on x
    The “Dark Patterns after the GDPR” study “found that dark patterns and implied consent are ubiquitous”: https://techcrunch.com/... #ethics #internet #law #privacy #business
  • @midasnouwens Midas Nouwens on x
    If scientific papers are not your thing, @riptari has written up our findings in a rigorous and thorough way here: https://techcrunch.com/... 9/9
  • @privacymatters Privacy Matters on x
    Paper: #DarkPatterns after the GDPR: Scraping Consent Pop-ups and Demonstrating their Influence https://arxiv.org/... <this should be required reading for EU DPAs
  • @cklokmose Clemens Nylandsted Klokmose on x
    Here's a detailed article from @TechCrunch on @MidasNouwens work on #GDPR consent pop-ups that he did during his stay-abroad at @MIT_CSAIL (to-be published at #CHI2020). It also reports on our GDPR browser extension developed here at @AarhusUni https://techcrunch.com/...
  • @privacyproject @privacyproject on x
    “Cookie notices not only generate friction and frustration for the average internet user, as they try to go about their daily business online, but the current situation is creating a faux veneer of compliance,” writes @riptari in @TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/...