Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?!

From	Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?!
Date	2025-12-07 16:50 +0100
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Chris Hofstaedtler writes ("Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?!"):
> Cookies are not per-se illegal in EEA, incl. when not explicitly 
> being asked for with a "cookie consent box". This misconception is 
> however common, and I'd wish we can stop spreading this 
> misconception.

Cookies are often illegal.  In this particular case, I think they are.
(And the stupid "consent" popups don't make them legal.)

Also they're probably personal data which the CDN don't have any
lawful basis for processing.

Ian.

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packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?! Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-12-03 17:30 +0100
  Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?! <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2025-12-03 17:40 +0100
  Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?! Michel Verdier <listes@verdier.eu> - 2025-12-04 01:10 +0100
    Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?! Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-12-05 00:20 +0100
  Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?! Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2025-12-07 16:10 +0100
    Re: packages.debian.org wants cookies now ?! Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-12-07 16:50 +0100

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