BBC declares analytical cookies essential

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Under the cookie consent there are some cookies listed that are essential, and you can't reject them. It does not get your consent for those cookies. The explanation says

"The BBC’s analytics system uses cookies to gather information regarding visitor activity on the BBC's websites and other BBC online services. The data gathered is sent to AT Internet, the BBC's analytics partner, for analysis and reporting. [...] Used to synchronise the analytics device ID between the native and web layers of iOS/Android apps, [...]"

That is a load of bollocks. GDPR allows to collect some data as a condition of using the service, but that data must meet pass tests of "purpose", "necessity", and "balance".

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...

Collecting analytics wouldn't pass either the purpose or the balance test IMO.

True. Even sadder, you can't use the online complaints form to report it direct to the BBC without allowing tracking cookies and a metric-splatload of 3rd party scripts.

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