constant privacy blocker - NOT ANSWERED BY FAQs

[Canon_Fodder]

Guys - something is seriously amiss. I've been a PH user for ages, nothing's changed at my end.

Please not another 'FAQ' fob off



I get this every time I change page.

Been happening since Sunday.

Doesn't matter if I choose 'agree' 'disagree' or 'more options' it just keeps coming back

W11 PC, Chrome


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jeremyc

22,164 posts

276 months

PH TEAM
[report][news]20:46quotequote all
See the FAQs here for potential resolutions.
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Same for me on PC at work - not on chromebook at home. It is a pain as waits a split second before greying out the page with the cookies pop-up.

[CraigyMc]

Canon_Fodder said:

Guys - something is seriously amiss. I've been a PH user for ages, nothing's changed at my end.

Please not another 'FAQ' fob off



I get this every time I change page.

Been happening since Sunday.

Doesn't matter if I choose 'agree' 'disagree' or 'more options' it just keeps coming back

W11 PC, Chrome


We value your privacy
We and our partners store and/or access information on a device, such as cookies and process personal data, such as unique identifiers and standard information sent by a device for personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, and audience insights, as well as to develop and improve products. With your permission we and our partners may use precise geolocation data and identification through device scanning. You may click to consent to our and our partners’ processing as described above. Alternatively you may click to refuse to consent or access more detailed information and change your preferences before consenting.
Please note that some processing of your personal data may not require your consent, but you have a right to object to such processing. Your preferences will apply to this website only. You can change your preferences at any time by returning to this site or visit our privacy policy.
jeremyc

22,164 posts

276 months

PH TEAM
[report][news]20:46quotequote all
See the FAQs here for potential resolutions.
TOPIC CLOSED

[Canon_Fodder]

Needs a techy to look at this emerging issue, not JeremyC who just refers to the FAQ which are no help

Quite a serious issue site-wide guys!

[CraigyMc]

Canon_Fodder said:

Needs a techy to look at this emerging issue, not JeremyC who just refers to the FAQ which are no help

Quite a serious issue site-wide guys!

Have you tried the process I storyboarded above? It ought to work for you as it did for me.

[DickyC]

CraigyMc said:

Have you tried the process I storyboarded above? It ought to work for you as it did for me.

Thanks, but, it shouldn't be like that.

It should just work.

[CraigyMc]

This thread in a nutshell.


Ah'm oot, obviously.

[DickyC]

[andyA700]

So, a major fob off from the mods, despite the fact that this isn't working. I use Firefox and allow adds, but still get the privacy message every page I open, or every message I send.
I have to admit this is rubbish and how long before they close down this thread?

[jeremyc]

Extensive existing discussion of the problem here

[DickyC]

jeremyc said:

Extensive existing discussion of the problem here

Discussing it doesn't help. We just want it to stop. It has started happening on my phone and does it all the time. I used to be able to stop it by disagreeing. That doesn't work anymore.

It doesn't do it on my laptop. So I'll use my laptop instead of my phone and spend considerably less time on PH. Is that the best solution?

[CraigyMc]

DickyC said:

jeremyc said:

Extensive existing discussion of the problem here

Discussing it doesn't help. We just want it to stop. It has started happening on my phone and does it all the time. I used to be able to stop it by disagreeing. That doesn't work anymore.

It doesn't do it on my laptop. So I'll use my laptop instead of my phone and spend considerably less time on PH. Is that the best solution?

Are you saying you've done the process outlined and it didn't work?

[DickyC]

CraigyMc said:

Are you saying you've done the process outlined and it didn't work?

Thanks, Craigy, but your process doesn't suit my phone. You won't believe I worked on and with computers from 1985 until I retired in 2019 when I say I don't know the technical expressions for mobile phone malarkey. My phone doesn't respond like the phone in your sequence.

It doesn't do it on my laptop but I'd prefer to PH on my phone. The Privacy note coming up all the time on my phone now is a pain. I don't want to rejig stuff to get rid of it, I would like PH to sort it out but they don't seem to be able to. It's fine. I'll use my considerably less convenient laptop and, as a result, spend less time on PH.

I'll take up crochet or something.

[CraigyMc]

DickyC said:

CraigyMc said:

Are you saying you've done the process outlined and it didn't work?

Thanks, Craigy, but your process doesn't suit my phone. You won't believe I worked on and with computers from 1985 until I retired in 2019 when I say I don't know the technical expressions for mobile phone malarkey. My phone doesn't respond like the phone in your sequence.

It doesn't do it on my laptop but I'd prefer to PH on my phone. The Privacy note coming up all the time on my phone now is a pain. I don't want to rejig stuff to get rid of it, I would like PH to sort it out but they don't seem to be able to. It's fine. I'll use my considerably less convenient laptop and, as a result, spend less time on PH.

I'll take up crochet or something.

The process I outlined for Canon_Fodder was because he said he was using chrome on a Windows 11 PC -- the screengrabs are from chrome on a Windows 11 PC.

All we're really doing here is clearing out the browser cache (primarily all the cookies it's storing) to the extent that it forces you to log back in afterwards, which cures the issue locally.

As for PH towers fixing this from their end -- of course that should be the case, but this issue has persisted for literally years and the mechanism to permanently solve it either isn't understood or is intractable to implement, so giving people the local workaround is the best available right now.

It doesn't help when jeremyc closes the odd thread with a broken link to the "here's how you fix this" page ( which by the way is here https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... ) -- but it's summer and I'd expect several people are unavailable one way or another. He's probably doing his best.

[DickyC]

CraigyMc said:

Sensible stuff.

Thanks again, Craigy, I'll probably work through it when I've recovered my composure.

One of my major failings is the tiz I get myself into when things that should work don't.

[andyA700]

Is anyone trying to sort out this issue, because quite frankly this is absolute pants.

[worsy]

Happens to me on occasion and seems to go away if I select disagree a couple of times.

[dickymint]

It's quite rare that this happens to me either on Iphone or Chromebook. I'm a fanatic for clearing all history on a daily basis !! Maybe that's why?

[Canon_Fodder]

OP here - seems to have got worse... now seems to pop up randomly even in the middle of posting.

Something obv seriously wrong on the PH back end

Head in the sand won't help.. Mods need to pass to technical

[ninepoint2]

This is clearly an issue that needs fixed quickly