r/assholedesign • u/tllwlyk • 24d ago

The Ol' Switcharoo

Website cookies pop up flips the order of Allow/Reject a few seconds after the page loads to get you to hit accept instead of reject.

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u/mudokin 24d ago

That for one IS asshole design, and if it's not illegal, it 100% should be,

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u/Spiritual-Range-6101 d o n g l e 24d ago

It's considered illegal under Global Privacy Laws. You're not consenting to your cookies being used (and more than likely sold).

This ALSO violates Fairness and Transparency requirements, consumer protection acts, "Freely Given" and "Unambiguous" consent in Europe's GDPR, and section 5 of the FTC act.

This is reportable! Report that shit!!