[Info-vax] Problem with patch access with support contract.

[Simon Clubley]

On 2013-10-10, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Simon Clubley wrote 2013-10-10 13:37:
>>
>> BTW, the other thing they have messed up are their privacy settings.
>>
>> You can't even set them directly in that annoying header at the top
>> of the HPSC pages any more; you now have to visit a different page to
>> set them and you have to do it every single time you visit the HPSC
>> website so the settings are clearly not held against the logged in
>> account but as a cookie.
>>
>> (I clear browsing data whenever the browser is closed down.)
>>
>> I assume the intention is to make it so awkward to opt out of being
>> pushed marketing material by HP that most customers will not bother.
>>
>
> But...
>
> The settings for marketing can't be local, HP have to see that
> setting no matter if I'm on-line or not, not ??
>

That's a good point.

I suppose what I am annoyed about is that they have now moved the options
to another page which you have to visit every single time unless:

(1) you want to allow HP to use the data for marketing, or
(2) want to live with the banner at the top or
(3) want to run a browser which _doesn't_ delete any tracking cookies
after every session.

Simon.

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