Annoying Legal Policies and Disclaimer pop up.

[x-N0]

The Legal Policies and Disclaimer pop up appears on every page, let's store the value in a cookie to avoid annoying users.

Good initiative, stay Rustacean.

[alfiedotwtf]

Hi,

Thanks for the issue.

So currently if you click on the top button, it does store the value in a cookie. Is that not happening with you? If so, are you able to tell me what browser and platform you're using so I can try and replicate?

Thanks again!

[x-N0]

I used Firefox 101.0.1.

I clicked the button that says "I have read and agree to the Legal Policies and Disclaimer, and I DO NOT CONSENT to the Cookies Policy". I think it should save the preference in a cookie and ask in some other time in the future (What i've seen in other projects is that they ask again when the cookie is deleted -couple of days/ a month-).

[alfiedotwtf]

hehe. I'll paste what you pasted:

I DO NOT CONSENT to the Cookies Policy

This means that the user does not want cookies from my website, so I think storing this preference in a cookie defeats the whole question to begin with :)

My interpretation of https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ is that a user would need to consent before accepting a cookie. A liberal interpretation would allow some cookies to be stored without asking the user, but I'm erring on the side of caution. After speaking to a lawyer, getting the user to explicitly click "I DO CONSENT" leaves no room for misunderstanding between the me, the user, and a judge.

I know it's annoying, but I'm trying to protect myself from people coming for my possessions just because I didn't properly ask for cookie consent.