Revealing research around web and cookie security at Black Hat Europe in London, Eliot Bendinelli, technologist at Privacy International and Frederike Kaltheuner, formerly of Privacy International and now tech policy fellow at Mozilla, described how a number of websites offering “tests” on mental health and depression shared results with third parties. Kaltheuner said that this sort of tracking is “not just highly intrusive but is information that can be used against you.” She said that GDPR consent firms are “designed to be deceptive and annoying” and often it is easier to consent than not, and very few people know what happens when you do consent.

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