Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...
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No options whatsoever. Nowhere to click to get to it. The Privacy Policy link takes you to seven and a half tomes of legalese. I can't figure out if they just disable tracking for me, don't disable it but I can complain, or what. There's a link for an Opt-out page somewhere in that drivel, but it says:
Slate does not append the identifying cookie for US readers at this time. US readers interested in opting out of certain data collection processes should visit the Network Advertising Initiative's Opt-Out Page.
I'm not in US though? So am I already opted out? And if you're not appending an identifying cookie for the US readers, what are they opting out of? Why am I even reading this, it would be easier for us both if you JUST ADD A FUCKING CHECKBOX! Or, if you're opting EU clients out automatically, just put a little banner saying so under the article itself! You muppets!
I give up.
Disclaimer: I like GDPR as a customer. I always turn all tracking off, adblock or no.
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@Onyx said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
No options whatsoever. Nowhere to click to get to it. The Privacy Policy link takes you to seven and a half tomes of legalese. I can't figure out if they just disable tracking for me, don't disable it but I can complain, or what. There's a link for an Opt-out page somewhere in that drivel, but it says:
Slate does not append the identifying cookie for US readers at this time. US readers interested in opting out of certain data collection processes should visit the Network Advertising Initiative's Opt-Out Page.
I'm not in US though? So am I already opted out? And if you're not appending an identifying cookie for the US readers, what are they opting out of? Why am I even reading this, it would be easier for us both if you JUST ADD A FUCKING CHECKBOX!
I give up.
Disclaimer: I like GDPR as a customer. I always turn all tracking off, adblock or no.
I might report them then. Still 3 months of being in the EU left.
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@Onyx said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
Slate does not append the identifying cookie for US readers at this time. US readers interested in opting out of certain data collection processes should visit the
Network Advertising Initiative's Opt-OutAdBlock or uBlock installation Page.Fixed that for you.
If they can't be arsed to handle your data responsibly, you don't need to be arsed to give it to them in the first place.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
@Onyx said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
Slate does not append the identifying cookie for US readers at this time. US readers interested in opting out of certain data collection processes should visit the
Network Advertising Initiative's Opt-OutAdBlock or uBlock installation Page.Fixed that for you.
If they can't be arsed to handle your data responsibly, you don't need to be arsed to give it to them in the first place.
It is real cute that you think using ublock / adblock will stop them tracking you.
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@Lorne-Kates I run it on all my machines. I still opt out of shit, just in case. Also, public machines, incognito tabs notwithstanding.
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Bonus points for not having hyperlinks for the URLs for the opt-out pages.
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@sweaty_gammon said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
It is real cute that you think using ublock / adblock will stop them tracking you.
Fully disabling JS (and other embeddable executable content, for those old folks that still have Flash enabled) for the site stops virtually all BS unless they go all out with loading content via XHR. But that would get them totally hammered by Google for excessive shenanigans…
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@dkf said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
unless they go all out with loading content via XHR
Which is sadly common. I think I have NoScript set to allow scripts for the requested URL just because of all the stunts sites pull.
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@kazitor said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
Which is sadly common.
Hmm. I've not noticed that except for things like embedded forums (which I basically ignore anyway).
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@dkf Well, not "common" as the word might imply, but certainly frequent enough that I've encountered it multiple times.
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@dkf said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
@sweaty_gammon said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
It is real cute that you think using ublock / adblock will stop them tracking you.
Fully disabling JS (and other embeddable executable content, for those old folks that still have Flash enabled) for the site stops virtually all BS unless they go all out with loading content via XHR. But that would get them totally hammered by Google for excessive shenanigans…
True but the number of sites that don't work without JS isn't very many these days.
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@sweaty_gammon: I think you have one extra negative in your sentence.
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@Zerosquare said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
@sweaty_gammon: I think you have one extra negative in your sentence.
I think he stole it from your sentence.
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@kazitor said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
I think I have NoScript set to allow scripts for the requested URL just because of all the stunts sites pull.
I just assume that they don't want my business and close the tab. There are not many sites worth enabling javascript. In fact, most of them are only worth seeing without it.
So it's funny that the place where I now work just decided to "update" their internet presence. Now, without javascript, it shows a blank page. And Google finds... nothing. There are Google results, but they lead to 404. The new site was made by a "designer company". I shout at the marketing idiots responsible for the project. But they couldn't care less.
To top it all, first page load is tens of megabytes. Background photos. Hope none of our customers are in, say, middle of the U.S..
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@acrow said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
There are not many sites worth enabling javascript. In fact, most of them are only worth seeing without it.
Disabling Javascript sure is a way to fight Internet addiction nowadays.
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@acrow said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
And Google finds... nothing. There are Google results, but they lead to 404.
Better yet, Google will actively punish you for this sort of thing. For all their ways, they still effectively insist that you actually serve the content up with the initial response and only use JS and such to “enhance” that. (OK, ads aren't an enhancement in my book, but that's beside the point.) I have written sites that fully wouldn't work at all without JS enabled, but they weren't for use by the general public so I didn't care; those who needed them didn't need to search online for them.
But they couldn't care less.
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@acrow said in Slate, I don't think that's how you GDPR...:
Hope none of our customers are in, say, middle of the U.S..
Perhaps that's the goal.
