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originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: TinySickTears
Verizon DNS injection.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: TinySickTears
It's because of the new EU privacy law. Just about every site I went to after it took effect put up something about updating their privacy and cookie policy.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: TinySickTears
Unless you keep the cookies stored, yes. If they clear on closing the browser, then it'll send that every time. Most of the sites I've seen it on have been US. They want to enforce it worldwide, so everyone is going with better safe than sorry.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: TinySickTears
It's any site that EU citizens access as far as I know, but it might be because it's a story about the EU. On that, I'm not positive. It seems to vary from site to site. Some of the ones I've seen it on didn't have any stories about the EU at the time.
The regulation applies if the data controller (an organisation that collects data from EU residents), or processor (an organisation that processes data on behalf of a data controller like cloud service providers), or the data subject (person) is based in the EU. Under certain circumstances,[5] the regulation also applies to organisations based outside the EU if they collect or process personal data of individuals located inside the EU.