even Google Chrome wants me to have some now.What's the reason?
Want some Cookies? eh? Cookies, come on....
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Welly
- The moderator formally known as Welton
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Want some Cookies? eh? Cookies, come on....
Why are all these Web Sites asking if it's ok to use Cookies now? even Google Chrome wants me to have some now.
What's the reason?
even Google Chrome wants me to have some now.What's the reason?
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
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steve_earwig
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Re: Want some Cookies? eh? Cookies, come on....
It's some new privacy law thing now, sites have always shoved cookies at you but now they have to ask if it's ok to stick them on your hard drive. Or something.
Unskilled meddling sin©e 2007
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highlander
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Re: Want some Cookies? eh? Cookies, come on....
It's the law, apparently
EU law now means that you can't set tracking cookies etc on people's systems without their consent. I'm all for it - it used to be that when I was browsing holiday websites for comparing airline ticket prices, that the buggers would set a tracking cookie, so that the next time I do a search, it bumped the price up or flashed up a message saying that there were very few seats left on that flight. If I went to the Wifely Person's PC and ran the same search on the same site, the original cheap price would appear and suddenly there were loads of seats.
Tracking cookies are also used for the purposes of collecting information about you so that you have advertising targeted at you. This is especially creepy because in order to work this out, websites know what other websites you've been visiting, and then display advertising banners based on this information. If you visit a lot of sites about cars, you tend to get more car parts adverts displayed in your browser. Shudder to think what Puggy's browser advertises to him!
EU law now means that you can't set tracking cookies etc on people's systems without their consent. I'm all for it - it used to be that when I was browsing holiday websites for comparing airline ticket prices, that the buggers would set a tracking cookie, so that the next time I do a search, it bumped the price up or flashed up a message saying that there were very few seats left on that flight. If I went to the Wifely Person's PC and ran the same search on the same site, the original cheap price would appear and suddenly there were loads of seats.
Tracking cookies are also used for the purposes of collecting information about you so that you have advertising targeted at you. This is especially creepy because in order to work this out, websites know what other websites you've been visiting, and then display advertising banners based on this information. If you visit a lot of sites about cars, you tend to get more car parts adverts displayed in your browser. Shudder to think what Puggy's browser advertises to him!
2002 (D9) Peugeot 406 Coupe SE, 2.2 litre Petrol. Scarlet Red/Rouge Ecarlate/Rosso Scarlatto. Black Leather interior. SOLD 
2008 (E60 LCI) BMW 525i M-Sport, 3.0 litre Petrol. Carbonschwarz Metallic. Black Dakota Leather and Myrtlewood interior.
2008 (E60 LCI) BMW 525i M-Sport, 3.0 litre Petrol. Carbonschwarz Metallic. Black Dakota Leather and Myrtlewood interior.
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Welly
- The moderator formally known as Welton
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Re: Want some Cookies? eh? Cookies, come on....
Tissues, and lots of themhighlander wrote:Shudder to think what Puggy's browser advertises to him!
Cars in my care:
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
2021 Kia Spottage 1.6 Pez Turbo Dual Clutch Gearbox Trickery
2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
Re: Want some Cookies? eh? Cookies, come on....
I've been wondering why my browsers now showing things we've been looking at on ebay instead of scantily clad women.Welly wrote:Tissues, and lots of themhighlander wrote:Shudder to think what Puggy's browser advertises to him!
2000 W 2.0hdi 110 7 seat estate Blue.
And this glue is for my submarine not for putting up you're f*c*ing noses, and dont think i dont notice cos i do... Buy your own f*c*ing glue!!! Fatty Lewis Twin town 1997.
And this glue is for my submarine not for putting up you're f*c*ing noses, and dont think i dont notice cos i do... Buy your own f*c*ing glue!!! Fatty Lewis Twin town 1997.