“Focusing on cookies is like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, the ship being surveillance advertising,” said Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal⁩, policy adviser at European Digital Rights.

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-the-internet-brussels-sets-out-to-fix-it/

#Cookies #Privacy #ePrivacyDirective #GDPR #DataProtection

Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.

The European Commission wants to take a bite out of privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners.

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Mashable: Tired of cookie consent pop-ups? You soon may see less of them.. “The European Commission is currently looking into relaxing a 2009 EU law that has inadvertently led to the endless cookie consent pop-ups around the web. The law, called the e-Privacy Directive, requires websites to request consent from users before loading cookies on their computer or mobile device.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/mashable-tired-of-cookie-consent-pop-ups-you-soon-may-see-less-of-them/

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@drukqs In Europe it’s the #EPrivacyDirective - rather than #GDPR - that requires consent for storing & accessing non-essential cookies or other tracking code on your device. @rabbijill
@neil On the other hand, I do give Santa consent to send me cookies which are not strictly necessary for the provision of an information society service (chocolate chip preferred). #ePrivacyDirective