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Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites

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583 points SweetSoftPillow | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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rustc ◴[22 Oct 25 12:29 UTC] No.45668037[source]▶
Or just ban this kind of data collection. Is there any reason anyone would willingly click "Accept" when a website asks to share your data with 500+ partner sites?
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forgotoldacc ◴[22 Oct 25 12:36 UTC] No.45668122[source]▶
For that matter, companies should be banned from referring to selling off your data to random spam companies as "sharing with partners." Partners comes with an implication of being somewhat equal or at least on trusting terms. The companies selling our data don't trust these companies. They probably don't even know their names.

If the data is being sold, it should be legally required to word it in that way. If there's even the slightest possibility of your data being leaked to spammers, it should be worded to reflect that.

"Do you consent to us selling your data to any party that wishes to buy your data? Do you consent to the possibility that your data will be used to spam you or steal your identity in the future? Yes/No"

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phkahler ◴[22 Oct 25 13:04 UTC] No.45668463[source]▶
>> If the data is being sold...

Nah. Personal data sharing needs to be banned. It's the right way forward.

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1. looperhacks ◴[22 Oct 25 13:55 UTC] No.45669221[source]▶
That's a bit overzealous, isn't it?

> Hey, please send the shipment to my customer. No, I can't tell you the address, it's personal data.

Some data sharing will always be necessary. What needs to be banned is the unnecessary sharing, but it's hard to 100% define what counts as necessary

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2. freehorse ◴[22 Oct 25 21:23 UTC] No.45675324[source]▶
In 99.9% of cases defining legitimate use is simple. There should be legal consequences for data sharing that is not actual legitimate use. I see companies making absurd claims about what consent based on "legitimate interest" can mean. No, sharing data with advertising "partners" is not based on any legitimate interest. If these companies were getting some strong fines for illegal stuff like this, then they would cut the bs.