The requirement to not track users with cookies does not extend to cookies that make the site work in the first place, such as those which track your login session, or your refusal of other cookies.
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SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 5 months agoThos but unironically. GDPR
FishFace@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Delta_V@lemmy.world 5 months ago
so don’t track login sessions, etc.
no cookies, no problem with not having asked for cookie consent.
if the site breaks, it breaks, and leaving it broken is a choice users can make.
TheEntity@kbin.social 5 months ago
GDPR doesn't require them to ask if they would just not violate our privacy. In other words, it's perfectly legal to assume "no" if they have no means of asking.
sanpo@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
It’s not only legal to assume, it’s a requirement to default to “no”.
Tracking is opt-in.
xantoxis@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Indeed. If a site simply doesn’t send you cookies, there’s no question of GDPR compliance. Blocking the cookies amounts to the same thing.
I’m currently wondering if CNN may actually be in violation by doing this.