“ We respect your privacy! Do you agree to the use of cookies by this website?
[x] Yes, all of them, with some extra on top.
[] I would like to manually review and uncheck 859 individual checkboxes or be directed to some other 3rd party website to manage my settings there. Also, I would like these settings to expire after 7 days.
Your personal data matters to us! (In ways you can’t imagine) “
Also watch out for the use of "legitimate interest". I have seen banks trying to deprive customers of their right to refuse data collection, data sharing and marketing messages, claiming legitimate interest.
See also a rare exception https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27060609
That requires an unreasonable amount of effort, and at least in the UK the DPA is completely useless, corrupt and/or incompetent.
No, "we value your privacy (at a very high price!)".
do you accept your cookie policy ? [ yes | no, customize ]
and after you go through all that :
big green button [ continue with recommended settings ]
smaller gray one [ save my choices ]
guess what the green one does.
How can it be? You do nothing for 5+ seconds or you save a ton of cookies instantly.
Wes Borg from Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie did a skit called "Internet Helpdesk" that included this bit:
> Thank you for calling, your call is very important to us, please hold!