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 …
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/...
The “Dark Patterns after the GDPR” study “found that dark patterns and implied consent are ubiquitous”: https://techcrunch.com/... #ethics #internet #law #privacy #business
Paper: #DarkPatterns after the GDPR: Scraping Consent Pop-ups and Demonstrating their Influence https://arxiv.org/... <this should be required reading for EU DPAs
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/...
“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/...