Are you sick of being asked about cookies?
For about a year, the EU Cookie Directive's forced UK websites to ask if you’re willing to accept cookies (files that track what you do) on your computer. It’s to make websites more transparent, and to allow you to stop them tracking if you want to. But often, saying “no” means you sacrifice usability. Is the cookie directive taking the biscuit? Which of the following is nearest to your view on the cookie directive?
For about a year, the EU Cookie Directive's forced UK websites to ask if you’re willing to accept cookies (files that track what you do) on your computer.
It’s to make websites more transparent, and to allow you to stop them tracking if you want to. But often, saying “no” means you sacrifice usability. Is the cookie directive taking the biscuit?
Which of the following is nearest to your view on the cookie directive?
Results
| I’ll live with it. It’s a bit irritating, but I prefer to know. |  |
1,689 votes (17 %) |
| Keep it. We need this to protect our privacy. | |
1,043 votes (10 %) |
| Scrap it. Being asked is pointless and annoying. | |
7,257 votes (73 %) |
9,989 votes received.
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