Prevent GDPR banners from appearing while you are browsing without actually agreeing to be tracked down.
With the RGPD (the General Data Protection Regulation), sites must obtain your authorization to place cookies on your computer, by displaying one of these famous banners that come between you and the site you wish to consult.
On a daily basis, failing to understand what it is, for convenience, but also because some players simply do not offer a Reject button, you instinctively click on the Accept button to make this window disappear and continue browsing.
However, it is perfectly possible (and often recommended) to refuse these cookies or to allow only those essential for the proper functioning of the websites.
Here are some recommendations for removing the display of GDPR banners on the sites you visit daily, without compromising your privacy.
1. Download I don’t care about cookies
To get started, download the I don’t care about cookies extension. Available on Google Chrome and Firefox, this extension allows you to remove GDPR banners displayed on sites.
However, this is not done not without consideration since I don’t care about cookies must therefore accept all cookies for you without exception.
To escape a few intrusive messages, you open the door wide to anything and everything. This solution exists but we cannot endorse it without warning you and without giving you other weapons to protect you.
Download I don’t care about cookies for Google Chrome (Free)
Download I don’t care about cookies for Firefox (Free)
So, now that you have gotten rid of GDPR alerts, you need to configure your web browser and / or adopt certain extensions to limit tracking and best protect your private data.
2. Use private browsing
Using private browsing is the easiest way to stop being bored with all these cookie stories. On Firefox as well as on Google Chrome, you can open an incognito window fairly easily, by going to the main menu and then selecting New incognito window.
When you use this mode, the browser does not keep browsing history, searches, cookies and temporary files.
To avoid having to do this manually, it is possible to configure your browser to open an incognito window by default.
On Firefox, type about: config in the address bar, click I take the risk, then in the search box, type browser.privatebrowsing.autostart.
In the Value column, double-click False to change the value to True. On the next start, Firefox will automatically open an incognito window.
For Google Chrome, right-click on the browser shortcut icon (then on the Google Chrome menu if you are doing it from a shortcut pinned to the taskbar) and enter the Properties menu.
Go to the Shortcut tab, then in the Target field, place the mouse cursor at the end of the line, insert a space, and add –incognito.
Validate your changes by clicking on Apply then on Ok. The browser should automatically open a private browsing window on each start.
3. Configure the management of cookies on your browser
Some may not want to use Incognito mode, so as not to lose their browsing history, or not to have to reconnect daily to their favorite sites.
To limit the risk of tracking from one browsing session to another, you can make a few simple settings from the Settings of your web browser.
If you use Google Chrome, deploy the general menu of the browser, and go to Settings, then, at the bottom of the page, in Advanced settings.
In the Privacy and security section, start by enabling the option Send a request Prohibit tracking while browsing.
Then enter the Content settings menu, then the Cookies submenu.
Activate the options Keep local data only until I leave my browsing session and Block third-party cookies.
The first option allows you to automatically delete cookies placed by the sites visited each time the browser is closed. The second prevents the websites visited from saving and using the data contained in your cookies.
On Firefox, open the main menu, go to Browser Options and enter the Privacy and Security section. In principle, in the section dedicated to Content blocking, Firefox is configured natively to always block all detected trackers only. For third-party cookies, you will need to manually choose to block Trackers and always send the Do Not Track me signal to websites.
Then, in the section dedicated to Cookies and site data, third-party tracker cookies should be natively blocked. For the rest of the cookies stored on your computer, you can limit their impact by choosing to keep them only until Firefox closes. They will be deleted each time you close your browser.
4. Use Qwant
Because it is generally set as the default search engine, but also because it is powerful, a majority of Internet users carry out their searches on the Internet using Google.
To prevent the Mountain View giant from knowing too much about your habits, you can entrust your queries to Qwant, a European search engine, hosted in France, and whose promise is to respect your privacy, by not submitting any cookie on your computer, and by not keeping any history of your searches.
On Google Chrome as on Firefox, the simplest solution is to download the dedicated extension which will make Qwant your search engine and your default home page.
Using Qwant (Free)
Download Qwant for Google Chrome (Free)
Download Qwant for Firefox (Free)
5. Isolate content from Google and Facebook for Firefox
Firefox users can limit the tracking performed by Facebook and Google (search engine, but also Google services like YouTube, etc.), by isolating their web activity within your browser.
Developed by Mozilla, Facebook Container is an extension that allows you to open Facebook in an individual tab, isolated from the rest of your web browsing. After installation, the extension (available only on Firefox) deletes cookies linked to Facebook, and disconnects you from your session.
The next time you open Facebook, the site is opened in a tab isolated from the rest of the navigation, recognizable by its blue color, and in which you will have to reconnect to the platform. Any external links to Facebook that you click on will open outside of the container. On the other hand, all the links associated with Facebook will be opened in a container.
Based on Facebook Container, a developer created the Google Container extension, whose utility is similar to Facebook Container, to isolate all of Google’s related services (Gmail, YouTube, etc.) from the rest of the navigation. .
Download Facebook Container for Firefox (Free)
Download Google Container for Firefox (Free)