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European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying (www.techspot.com)
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[–] FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 79 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And it actually is... Quote from the GDPR:

It shall be as easy to withdraw as to give consent.

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The problem isn't the law. It's that it isn't enforced.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago

It is enforced, but there are so many websites with so little time.

So it takes a while. It used to be WAY worse.