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Wanna quickly check an article on Reuters? 548 vendors might get data about it!?

by areactnativedev on 12/3/20, 6:12 PM with 2 comments

Am I the only to be shocked? Though no I'm not surprised.

Here is the list of 548 vendors I quickly scrapped from their Data Privacy consent popup (might have missed a few): https://justpaste.it/3lna1

Just open reuters.com, wait for the Consent pop-up, click the tiny "Show vendors" at the bottom and enjoy the list. Note: my IP is in the EU, maybe you don't get the pop-up if you visit from outside the GDPR zone?

A nice and a clear reminder of how things got out of hand with the internet IMHO.

  • by helph67 on 12/3/20, 8:49 PM

    I'm outside the EU and don't see the Consent pop-up. Thanks for the heads up!