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Study on 'cookie banners' finds that in August 2018 less than 5 percent of the 5,000 most popular websites in the EU provided a visible 'choice' to *decline* extensive data sharing with third-party companies (based on analyzing a sample of 1,000 notices) #gdpr #enforcement #fail
What surprises me is that still 6-8% of users go through the trouble of deselecting *several* options despite the use of #darkpatterns. More than I expected.
Anyway, if opting into non-preticked 'categories' would be enforced, almost no one would opt in.
Anyway, if opting into non-preticked 'categories' would be enforced, almost no one would opt in.
My take on this:
If almost no one would opt in, cookie banners would disappear.
Websites & other services may then try to take the 'sell your data or pay' route. They shouldn't be allowed to.
As a consequence, some of them may then stop providing services without payment, yes.
If almost no one would opt in, cookie banners would disappear.
Websites & other services may then try to take the 'sell your data or pay' route. They shouldn't be allowed to.
As a consequence, some of them may then stop providing services without payment, yes.
But 1) many publishers stopped providing services without $ anyway
2) many publishers sell data despite $
3) other business models without tracking will emerge
4) several issues must be tackled anyway e.g.
- platform power
- data use by 'first' parties
- funding of journalism
2) many publishers sell data despite $
3) other business models without tracking will emerge
4) several issues must be tackled anyway e.g.
- platform power
- data use by 'first' parties
- funding of journalism
