Screenshot The New York Times with cookie banner
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 5:02 am
What exactly goes wrong with cookie banners?
To show exactly where it goes wrong, I will use two examples. In the first example you can see how it (unfortunately) goes wrong. In the second example you can see how it should work. Using a number of steps I will explain to you how you can see it yourself. The steps require a little bit of technical knowledge, but you are never too old to learn. Right?
In the example we use two large newspapers. The New York Times & De Telegraaf. For newspapers, cookies are important for, among other things, advertising revenue and the recruitment of subscribers. I use these two newspapers for illustration, I am aware that different rules apply to The New York Times than to De Telegraaf given their location and target market.
In this example I am using Google Chrome. For other browsers the steps may be slightly different. If you have a question about this, please comment below the article.
Okay, let's get started.
Step 1. Open an incognito tab
First go incognito to NYTimes.com. Then open a australia telegram data 3 million second tab and go to Telegraaf.nl. Small tip: the shortcode in Google Chrome for a new incognito tab is Ctrl+Shift+N.
When you go to NYTimes.com you will see a large cookie banner at the bottom. Do not click on it yet .
The same applies to the tab where you have Telegraaf.nl open.
Cookie wall of De Telegraaf.
Step 2. Checking the cookies
You can now see on both websites whether cookies have already been placed and which ones exactly. By inspecting the page (shortcode in Chrome: Ctrl+Shift+I) Google Chrome DevTools opens. See the screenshot below.
To show exactly where it goes wrong, I will use two examples. In the first example you can see how it (unfortunately) goes wrong. In the second example you can see how it should work. Using a number of steps I will explain to you how you can see it yourself. The steps require a little bit of technical knowledge, but you are never too old to learn. Right?
In the example we use two large newspapers. The New York Times & De Telegraaf. For newspapers, cookies are important for, among other things, advertising revenue and the recruitment of subscribers. I use these two newspapers for illustration, I am aware that different rules apply to The New York Times than to De Telegraaf given their location and target market.
In this example I am using Google Chrome. For other browsers the steps may be slightly different. If you have a question about this, please comment below the article.
Okay, let's get started.
Step 1. Open an incognito tab
First go incognito to NYTimes.com. Then open a australia telegram data 3 million second tab and go to Telegraaf.nl. Small tip: the shortcode in Google Chrome for a new incognito tab is Ctrl+Shift+N.
When you go to NYTimes.com you will see a large cookie banner at the bottom. Do not click on it yet .
The same applies to the tab where you have Telegraaf.nl open.
Cookie wall of De Telegraaf.
Step 2. Checking the cookies
You can now see on both websites whether cookies have already been placed and which ones exactly. By inspecting the page (shortcode in Chrome: Ctrl+Shift+I) Google Chrome DevTools opens. See the screenshot below.