Privacy settings

[RizzoTheRat]

I'll add my name to the growing list of complainers. It only seems to obscure the link to advertising preferences on the standard website but covering the Whats New and Preferences buttons on the phone version is is just bloody stupid. Did nobody think to test it before it went live?

[FiF]

Digger said:

Would I be right in thinking if you click ACCEPT ALL then the message never comes back??!

If in terms of the blue privacy settings link placed in the most awkward place it could be, you are wrong, it still sits there.

As before my objection, on top of that, is that the default is set to on, logon using a different device then you have to set it again as they are all set back to on, for whatever reason some or all again later appear to be reset.

If every time you go in you leave by save and exit that's the only way I've discovered to stop them all resetting automatically to on.

Piss poor implementation that must, judging by my experience and this thread, be completely counter productive.

[Monkeylegend]

La la la la we're not listening.

The Management.

Well we are but we will do bugger all about it, we won't even give you a response.

[2gins]

Mine are defaulted to off, on both windoze desktop and android mobile. And they seem to be staying off.

But the reject and accept all buttons don't seem to work

And on mobile the privacy button is right over the What's New button. Really stupid piece of execution right there.

[Shaw Tarse]

It has been flagged up.

[Mr-B]

FiF said:

If in terms of the blue privacy settings link placed in the most awkward place it could be, you are wrong, it still sits there.

As before my objection, on top of that, is that the default is set to on, logon using a different device then you have to set it again as they are all set back to on, for whatever reason some or all again later appear to be reset.

If every time you go in you leave by save and exit that's the only way I've discovered to stop them all resetting automatically to on.

Piss poor implementation that must, judging by my experience and this thread, be completely counter productive.

Surely if logging on using a different device and the settings are then different isn't that a GDPR issue? i.e. would make a complaint to ICO valid?

Thankfully got rid of the irritating tab now anyway.

[Johnnytheboy]

Shaw Tarse said:

It has been flagged up.

[JimbobVFR]

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One of the companies in the list is called "a million ads ltd"
Seems appropriately named

[djdest]

Out of curiosity I thought I’d count them, I got to 100 and hadn’t even got to D, so gave up!

[Digger]

I suppose we could all temporarily change our email addresses to Haymarket ones and then opt in for a day or two.

[Gojira]

The blue button isn't a PH only thing - it pops up now on several sites I visit, so ranting at PH towers about it seems a trifle excessive...

[anonymous-user]

Gojira said:

The blue button isn't a PH only thing - it pops up now on several sites I visit, so ranting at PH towers about it seems a trifle excessive...

But on all other sites once you have accepted it doesnt persist

[Mr-B]

anonymous said:

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It does persist on other sites too. Can't give an example off the top of my head but it's fking annoying to have to hit a button every time you access the site.

[Funk]

thetapeworm said:

PurpleMoonlight said:

JonChalk said:

AdBlock Plus gets rid of it (once set to reject all, of course!)

Mine doesn't.

Did you have to input something to it?

I added "pistonheads.com##.qc-cmp-persistent-link" and it seems to have done the trick.


Adblock > Block Element

Yep, set all to 'Reject' then block the button using Ublock Origin.

[Gojira]

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I'm pretty sure my local paper aren't part of the Haymarket group, unless they've bought MNA Media Group recently, and the same goes for the other car site I'm thinking of.

My money is on a bundle provided by one of the advertising groups, "To comply with GDPR and make life easier for the site owners"

edited because I need to learn to type...

[otolith]

That is properly broken.

[g7jhp]

Another to complain about the 'Privacy settings' blue box I can't get off my screen.

Set all from ON to OFF, so has just highlighted the need to stop all these companies tracking me.

Haymarket please sort ASAP.

[Funk]

This place is being run by a bunch of cretinous morons. Whoever signed this off needs fking sacking.

Need to find a way to block it on mobile.

[Brainpox]

At the moment I think I'm more bothered by the sheer number of partners. That's fking crazy.

[RizzoTheRat]

Either Ghostery or Adblock Plus seems to be sorting it out on my home PC, but Adblock for Android isn't solving it on my phone.

Well done in encouraging people to install adblockers and reduce your revenue Haymarket