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Ad-blocker blocking websites face legal peril at hands of privacy bods

Charlie Clark Silver badge

Re: Bull

But do they?

No, because the consent must be both explicit and informed. So, websites cannot assume that consent has been given but must explicitly inform users and obtain their explicit agreement. NB. there explicit exemptions for things like session cookies. The law isn't some Luddite attempt to break the web but it does make spying on users a little more difficult.

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