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shagietoday at 4:45 PM1 replyview on HN

> Tired of misleading cookie banners? The EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your privacy preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back – and so far, they’ve been successful.

> ...

> You may think that EU privacy law requires cookie banners. But the law is clear: online tracking is prohibited by default.

That's an excellent idea... lets see how its implemented on https://european-union.europa.eu/index_en

Oh... there's a cookie banner.


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Cyberdogtoday at 6:05 PM

Don't worry. I'm sure EU legislation will solve nuisances that are solely a creation of EU legislation.