'I agree' pop-up boxes aren't just annoying, they're dangerous as well

One solution to the endless process of trying to understand tricky consent requests is for different websites and apps to standardise their requests

Have you noticed the increasing number of pop-ups asking you to consent or “agree” when you visit a website? Do you find these annoying and tend to just click accept without reading the policies? So do most people, and here’s why that’s a problem.

By “agreeing” to any of these particular policies, you are effectively allowing a website or app to collect various types of data on you that could violate some of your human rights, such as your right to privacy. To control what data the website or app can gather about you, you have to go through the