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David_Carter

David_Carter Report 12 Sep 2022 10:48

Is it just me or is everyone constantly receiving the following pop up box?

"But first, cookies

We use cookies to understand your site usage. That way we can tailor the site navigation, content and marketing to your specific needs."

It seems nothing I do, can stop it coming up every time I change a page.

:-(

Researching:
Hiscock, Carter, Walker, Lavender, Sartain

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 12 Sep 2022 10:52

It’s been happening for ages.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 12 Sep 2022 11:30

" . . . every time I change a page."

Do you mean every time you go to another page on GR? If so, it's a fault (which I'm not experiencing).
Contact [email protected]

If you mean it happens every time you go to a different site, then as Nameslessone has said, it's been happening for ages.

It's to do with Data Protection.
Websites used to be allowed to instal cookies on your computer without telling you, but now you have the choice to refuse some or all of them on most sites.
But I agree it's annoying that every site doesn't just store your preferences once and for all.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 12 Sep 2022 11:57

It's just another of those annoying computer things that you have to learn to live with. :-

I click on accept as part of entering a new site, although there are some that don't do it. One is Tesco and neither does Genes, which is good as I am in and out frequently!

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 12 Sep 2022 22:47

if you accept it, it should clear for genes...


its a recent thing, most sites have this request...

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

David_Carter

David_Carter Report 13 Sep 2022 06:49

Thanks for your replies. It is only on Genes and it happens every time I change a page on Genes. Including editing this message.

Researching:
Hiscock, Carter, Walker, Lavender, Sartain

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 13 Sep 2022 10:20

Contact [email protected], as already suggested.

They usually take about 3-5 working days to respond.

You seem to be the only person experiencing this - or at least the only one who's mentioned it.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Tenerife Sun

Tenerife Sun Report 15 Sep 2022 11:50

Try using another browser. I use Chrome and I don't have this problem

Researching:
Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL