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Starting the week of September 29, 2025, we’re introducing an updated cookie consent banner for our global users outside of the EEA/UK. This new banner is designed to make managing cookie preferences ...
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I'm not sure why if I am logged in, the stackexchange websites will not remember what my cookies preference is and never ask me again. I am at this point of exhaustion with digital technology, that I ...
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Stack Overflow has a new cookie banner/setting page which includes somewhat hidden "legitimate interests". Which also have to be objected to individually, not by using the "necessary ...
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When the width of the browser window that is displaying a site on the Stack Exchange network is sufficiently wide, it shows the different sections in the footer (e.g. the "Meta Stack Exchange&...
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Every single time I go to a stack exchange website, I am prompted to accept cookies. Why does this decision not get stored in a cookie? Why do you have to ask me every single time, and no matter what ...
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According to More network sites to see advertising test [updated with phase 2] the company is experimenting with using an open auction system to serve ads, and still I have no idea how the company ...
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There are overlapping items on cookie customization popup on mobile devices like Android phone:
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Since yesterday choosing "Necessary cookies only" option on cookie notice doesn't prevent this notice appearing again and again after page refresh: Reproducible on all non-English Stack ...
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SE's cookie reject seems to have just got a lot worse. I now have to both opt-out, and then reject "legitimate interest". But that is not enough; I have to then go through all the vendors, ...
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Problem #1 Translations are not reflected on the cookie pop-up screen on international sites and each meta site. (We should have translated these strings.) https://ja.stackoverflow.com https://ja.meta....
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The post below made me investigate the links at the bottom of the page. Opt in or out of cookie tracking To opt in or out of cookie tracking, scroll down all the way to the bottom of any page on ...
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Do Stack Exchange websites know my location? Stack Exchange uses cookies, right? Do my coordinates go to some database?
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Apparently cookie settings are configurable via a link on the site footer. I found this out thanks to a brief mention on the Advertising Guidelines update: Opt in or out of cookie tracking To opt in ...
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What is the script being fetched from cdn.cookielaw.org when I open the cookie settings dialog? What is it for / what does it do / why is it needed? Following the update in Update to our Advertising ...
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I keep getting the privacy pop-up windows when browsing SE with Chrome on my iPhone (iOS 15): I don't think that's intended, so I'm tagging that as a bug. Feel free to retag as support if I missed ...
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