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  • Removing annoying Cookie Banners?

    From Chris Evans (CJE/4D)@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 22 12:54:06 2021
    A friend of my brother has had a petition for a change in the law was
    accepted by HM Government.

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/603597

    Copy of an email with more info:
    # I have a favour to ask of you this Christmas. In doing this you will bring
    # benefit to not just your own business but also millions of disabled people
    # who use the web. It will cost you nothing financially and will take less
    # than 1 minute to do.
    #
    # You may have heard of Cookie Banners? Your probably have one on your own
    # website. They are usually in the form of a pop-up that often forces you to
    # accept or reject the use of Cookies on a website, when you first visit it.
    #
    # Many of us find them annoying but if you are blind and use a screenreader,
    # they are far worse. The make the websites very difficult to use and in some
    # cases, blind people cannot use them at all.
    #
    # The only way to remove these Cookie Banners is through a minor change in the # law. In fact, just changing the law back to how it was a few years ago, that # is all.
    #
    # Last Friday my petition for this change in the law was accepted by HM
    # Government and I now just need to get 10,000 signatures. If you could do
    # this, it would be a fantastic Christmas present you would giving to people
    # who use screen readers, around the world. Even though this bill only refers
    # to the UK Law, I believe it will gain momentum and eventually go global!
    #
    # Please follow this link if you would like to sign my petition, I would also
    # be very grateful if could you also share this petiton amongst your friends.
    #
    # https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/603597
    #
    # Thank you so much and I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a
    # Happy New Year!
    #
    # Clive Loseby

    Chris Evans

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  • From Stuart@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Dec 23 22:30:24 2021
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Chris Evans (CJE/4D) <[email protected]> wrote:
    A friend of my brother has had a petition for a change in the law was
    accepte


    :-( :-( :-(

    Sorry but THESE ARE A VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT YOU ARE BEING TRACKED
    AND IN MY OPINION VITAL.

    When I see them I immediatly turn on my VPN and use a Private Window in
    Firefox to avoid being tracked, unless I am happy with a particular site.

    The law that enacted these warnings was designed to protect peoples privacy
    and you are trying to blow a hole right through it.

    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
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  • From Chris Hughes@21:1/5 to Stuart on Fri Dec 24 14:25:01 2021
    In message <[email protected]>
    Stuart <[email protected]> wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Chris Evans (CJE/4D) <[email protected]> wrote:
    A friend of my brother has had a petition for a change in the law was
    accepte


    :-( :-( :-(

    Sorry but THESE ARE A VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT YOU ARE BEING TRACKED
    AND IN MY OPINION VITAL.

    In general I tend to agree. Wherever i can I always go to mange the
    cookies option all UK and EU companies have to offer and ensure, only the essential one is turned on normally, and the rest off.

    But American companies sadly generally don't seem to understand this requirement, and offer all or nothing.

    When I see them I immediatly turn on my VPN and use a Private Window in Firefox to avoid being tracked, unless I am happy with a particular site.

    Just using the privacy window in Firefox should be enough, no need for a
    VPN.

    The law that enacted these warnings was designed to protect peoples privacy and you are trying to blow a hole right through it.

    True, it was intended to stop the tracking and junk adverts.

    The problem is I have been finding of late if your IP address to the
    internet changes they ask the Cookies question again.

    --
    Chris Hughes

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