People will no longer be bombarded by constant requests to accept or reject “cookies” when browsing the internet, under proposed changes to the European Union’s strict data privacy laws.
The pop-up prompts asking internet users to consent to cookies when they visit a website are widely seen as a nuisance, undermining the original privacy intentions of the digital rules.
[I don’t think this undermines anything – cookie consent got rid of a LOT of spying and everyone now just automatically clicks on NO or uses addons to do this (well, if you are using Firefox as a browser). The original purpose: stop companies spying has been achieved]
Brussels officials have now tabled changes that would allow people to accept or reject cookies for a six-month period, and potentially set their internet browser to automatically opt-in or out, to avoid being repeatedly asked whether they consent to websites remembering information about their past visits.
Cookies allow websites to keep track of a user’s previous activity, allowing sites to pull up items added to an online shopping cart that were not purchased, or remember whether someone had logged in to an account on the site before, as well as target advertisements.
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Source: EU proposes doing away with constant internet ‘cookies’ requests – The Irish Times
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