I'm seeing a "Privacy Preferences" section at the bottom of some DU pages at times, starting yesterday.

[highplainsdem]

Seeing this

Privacy Preferences
We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. For more information, or to opt out click the Do Not Sell My Information button below

with the options below it "Consent" and "Do Not Sell My Information" with "Consent" highlighted.

I haven't clicked on it because I don't know why it's there or if it's supposed to be there.

It disappeared after I looked at a few other pages last night, reappeared again when I first logged in to DU this morning, then disappeared again from the bottom of pages, and is now back at the bottom of another page (this isn't a popup). And now it's gone again, as I change DU pages in another tab.

Anyone else seeing this?

EarlG, am I supposed to be seeing this on DU? Haven't seen it elsewhere.

[Fresh_Start]

1. I keep clicking do not sell

But it seems to come back everyday. It feels like the,process is determined to sell my information..and waiting for me to make a mistake.

[Hugin]

8. That's the plan...

First error opt in. Then, forever more.

There’s a name for this in the industry, but it escapes me just now.

[Joinfortmill]

2. I haven't noticed it, but I'll keep an eye out.

[highplainsdem]

6. I hadn't seen it till yesterday. I'll admit I don't always scroll to the bottom of DU pages, where this notice

is now showing up at times, but I reach the bottom of pages often enough I should've seen it before yesterday if it had been there.

[dweller]

3. Could you take a screenshot of it ?

I’m not sure what to look for or where on my phone

tia



✌🏻

[highplainsdem]

12. It's at the very bottom of the page for me, but Dave in VA just said he sees it as a popup. Just the

simple text message I copied into my OP.

[dweller]

13. The only thing I've seen

Is the green ‘verifying your browser’ crap
That one pisses me off since I don’t know who or what is ‘verifying my browser’ and why should they ?
In the past if I’m quick enough I can hit reload my page , and it stops it
but I have to be quick .


Thanks


✌🏻

[highplainsdem]

15. I also get that "verifying" nuisance at times.

[FemDemERA]

19. I've been getting that one too

I have no idea if it’s legitimate so I try to get out quickly if I can before it loads.

[Dave in VA]

4. I get it as a popup

when I hit the back button and it only stays on the screen for a couple of seconds. Just started yesterday evening. Hope this gets fixed.

Thanks!

edited to add this is on my laptop. Haven't seen it on my android phone.

[Earl_from_PA]

9. I see after hitting the post button

When replying to a thread.

[Hugin]

5. I'm guessing it's your browser and not anything about DU.

When you close a browser window and maybe a tab it may clear your preferences. Generally stored in a cache.

I run into it quite often. Rarely on DU, but if it is your only and first stop, it’s likely to happen then.

[highplainsdem]

11. Not my browser. And DU isn't my first stop of the day, since I start with email on different sites, and

it's far from my only stop, but I haven't run into this problem elsewhere. Or here until yesterday.

[Hugin]

14. It could be a regional thing.

Based on where you are or where DU is served from.

For instance, CA has some pretty firm “Do not sell” laws and when I am using a feed from there boxes pop up everywhere. Europe, too.

[LoisB]

7. I have been seeing this for about a month. I just ignore it - it goes away.

[SheltieLover]

10. I had the same message pop up briefly last night.

Not long enough to screenshot, unfortunately.

Ty for the thread.

[Basso8vb]

16. I've been seeing it as well.

[quaint]

17. The recurring three I see:

Do Not Sell, at the bottom of the pages. I click NoSell and still get it. The NoSell is different than in the past and for a few days I got both.
Service Not Available democraticunderground Connection closed unexpectedly
You cannot login You are already logged in. Receive frequently when I goback, but I'd gone to many pages since logging in.

At this moment the whole Privacy Preferences plus the question are at the bottom of this page.

[niyad]

18. I keep seeing this as well, started this morning. Showed up on my jury summons

page and interfered with my response.

[FemDemERA]

20. I've been seeing it for a little while.

Since it keeps coming back, I finally searched for the terms on duck duck go and top result was this DU thread.

I’m a star member and get no ads. I couldn’t figure out why DU would be asking to sell information when so many are anonymous. I wondered who the partners are as there’s literally no information.

if it’s a DU thing I’d rather pay a little extra to get rid of it and not worry about it. if it’s not a DU thing I don’t know what to do. Could it be Safari? DuckDuckGo?

[EarlG]

21. It's necessary legal jargon put there by our ad provider

But I've asked them if it can be branded so that people understand that the message comes from DU, and the answer was it can't be done. The banner is supposed to go away after you interact with it once, but for some people it comes back multiple times. In addition, if you're on mobile, there's a little green icon that appears on the screen at all times, even for Star Members, and I've asked them if that can be removed, and they also said no. And yes, they are also responsible for the annoying "verifying browser" interrupt page, which they've also told me can't be changed. So I will likely be changing our ad provider later this year.

[highplainsdem]

22. Thanks for explaining! It's been particularly confusing because it seems so random.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. I would appreciate it if you do.

It has come up once a day in the last week or so, but it's too fast for me to even make a selection.

It seems deceptive.

[quaint]

24. Aside from the inconvenience of the sell/no sell not going away even after answering, the privacy notice brings concern.

Please note the last paragraph and that I cannot find "the following controls" so is my data being sold by Google? I know DU is not selling it.
Thank you for everything. After I click "Do not sell" the following appears: