What's the largest number of "trusted partners" you've seen in a cookie consent pop-up?

[pwaring@social.xk7.net]

@Edent 1467 from the Manchester Evening News

[confusedmiddleageddad@mastodon.social]

@Edent horrifying. But what is "legitimate interest" as distinct from other interest. I decline 'normal' cookies and then have to decline legitimate interest separately. The only legitimate interest I can ever think of might be the original website, and even then ...

[edent@mastodon.social]

@confusedMiddleAgedDad there's a good guide at
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/lawful-basis/legitimate-interests/what-is-the-legitimate-interests-basis/

[confusedmiddleageddad@mastodon.social]

@Edent looking at that I see many of these partners might claim legitimacy but I think many claims would clearly be very weak

[confusedmiddleageddad@mastodon.social]

@Edent thanks

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@Edent 1637 is the highest I've had:

Quixoticgeek (@quixoticgeek@v.st)

Attached: 1 image Have been noticing cookie pop ups with increasing and increasing numbers of "partners". This one is the new record I came across today. Beating the previous by 12. How the fuck does an organisation even properly vet 1637 partners to make sure they aren't evil? At least there's a reject all option. Anyone found a higher number of partners on a cookie pop up?

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[m@martinh.net]

@quixoticgeek @Edent Also something something legitimate interest

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@Edent uBlock stopped counting after it reached 1,000. can't remember which site exactly, i was in such shock, but i think it was for the Vogue Mag website.

[531095@mastodon.social]

@confusedMiddleAgedDad They are legitimately interested in selling your data

[ttmevans@mstdn.social]

@Edent more importantly, WTF is ‘legitimate interest’?

Like, at the most basic level, shouldn’t all requests for data be based ok a ‘legitimate interest’?

[muellerwhh@sueden.social]

@Edent 1400?

[mjr@masto.bike]

@ttmevans @Edent https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/lawful-basis/legitimate-interests/what-is-the-legitimate-interests-basis/
And maybe they should, but 'consent' is another legal basis for data collection, which is why bad sites make consent easy and refusal clunky.

[f@norden.social]

@Edent edge Browser: 941

[ttmevans@mstdn.social]

@mjr @Edent I know there’s a technical definition. But Jesus, just stop it already. No one wants that shit.

When a lawyer asked why one of my sites had no cookie notice, and I simply told her there were no cookies, she actively disbelieved me.

[mjr@masto.bike]

@ttmevans @Edent legal definition. Don't blame the technicians for this one !

And that lawyer's comment is a sad indictment of how bad things are now.

[ttmevans@mstdn.social]

@mjr @Edent TBF, I don’t see what most people actually get from the cookie world. Ad revenues are near nothing unless you’re very popular. We used a bit of Plausible code to measure basic stuff, and frankly it was more than enough analytics.

And the kicker? Our (modest) social media spend had zero impact. But our (again, modest) traditional marketing, including print, was very effective.

Maybe it was different before, but it’s all enshittified to the extreme now.

[c3nc3@social.tchncs.de]

@ttmevans @mjr @Edent

In what area is the business/shop? Interesting!

[andreagrandi@mastodon.social]

@Edent 1111 in Corriere della Sera (which I regularly open in an incognito window ‍️)

[mit_scharf@social.anoxinon.de]

@Edent 977 just yesterday. I’m in. Sounds lots more fun than collecting postal stamps.