![]() ![]() So Facebook knows that you have an account in MillenniumBCP, which seem to violate Portuguese and European secrecy laws. We filled it with default values, disallowing “re-marketing” even so, plenty of HTTP requests to Facebook are made prior and after authentication, evidently notifying Facebook of all “private” page navigation within the customer banking interface:įor example, Facebook knows whether one navigates to “My portfolio” ( “As minhas poupanças”) or “Make a transfer” pages, therefore getting very precise private behaviour information. But it still does… to Google.Īs one arrives to its website, MillenniumBCP ( one of the 3 largest Portuguese banks) presents a cookie consent form: ![]() U PDATE : as of October 2, 2019, and following a complaint to Bank of Portugal, the national regulator authority, MillenniumBCP no longer sends the HTTP requests to Facebook if the cookie consent form is responded to accordingly. Some banks and health service companies disregard the above principles, incurring into blatant ethical and (likely) legal violations, and let third parties with a vested interest (Facebook, and others) know all about our “private” navigation, in exchange for what…? We still don’t know, but read on: As we navigate “anonymously” through several websites, cookies link us to our non anonymous selves – such as a Facebook or Google account and its extensive profile.īut after authenticating into a web site for a company (due to be) complying to banking, health or just vanilla GPDR regulations, and entering into an HTTPS (encrypted, private) session… one would expect privacy to be respected!Īlas… that is NOT the case in Portugal. As one navigates the web, the use of cookies and some privacy breaching are expected, in the sense that browser cookies from Facebook and other parties make our navigation known for marketing purposes. ![]()
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