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by atoav 159 days ago
Also: the consent has to be informed consent. Me clicking away a nag banner, even if I click "accept" isn't informed consent by the definition of the law.

You want to share my data with your 300+ "partners" legally? Good luck informing me about all the ways in which every of those single partners is using my data. If you are unable to inform me I can't give consent, even if I click "Accept all". That is however a you-problem, not a me-problem. If you share my data nontheless you are breaking the law.

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Undoing whatever data collection and sharing, as well as seeking and obtaining restitution, is probably a much harder problem to solve (for you) if you select accept.
A lot of the notices provide exactly the info you need to be informed, it's on you if you want to read it or not.
Are you sure? Most notices provide a list of partners. What needs to be provided is a list of who gets to see which data for which purpose.

Most lists I have ever seen are lists that are not informing me of that, especially the lengthy ones. The only ones that comply are very short lists by privacy conscious website owners.

I'm not 100% sure, no. I wonder if any studies have been done on this? At a minimum I would assume sites from big corps would be in compliance.