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I am leaving due to the consent message.

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FlyingHandbag Fri 14-Aug-20 14:40:05

Hi all,
It is an invasion of privacy, I feel so I will be leaving. I will remember you all fondly. Xx
flowersflowersflowers

EDIT by GNHQ: Please see more info on the new consent form here

Charleygirl5 Fri 14-Aug-20 16:08:30

Elegran that appears to be different from mine. I am rather confused.

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 14-Aug-20 16:14:16

Believe me Marydoll, we would have preferred to forewarn you too! grin We'll do better next time.
@charleygirl5 - will get back to you soon as we can on that.

Parsley3 Fri 14-Aug-20 16:46:24

I have looked at the form and turned off all the consents.

Marydoll Fri 14-Aug-20 16:59:02

Thanks Lara, wink

ladymuck Fri 14-Aug-20 17:14:30

MerylStreep...you are so right!
Gransnet show clearly where their political leanings lie and if you have different attitudes...you're not allowed to express them.

Callistemon Fri 14-Aug-20 17:16:10

FlyingHandbag

Do think about getting your nose done, ykwim
Honestly!!

BlueBelle Fri 14-Aug-20 17:20:42

As soon as I looked this morning I turned everything grey can you please confirm that is NO Consent to everything Laragransnet please

ExD Fri 14-Aug-20 17:24:37

Can someone explain please? Are we being asked to allow Gsnet to sell our personal details to retailers who will badger us with adverts?
Or something more sinister?
Like MadeinYorkshire I too thought it was the usual cookie permission request!

Lucca Fri 14-Aug-20 17:33:31

Sorry I’m lost. Any chance someone can explain ? What’s the thing about “political leanings ?

BlueSky Fri 14-Aug-20 17:33:37

I think it's a storm in a tea cup! brewconfused

Chewbacca Fri 14-Aug-20 17:34:06

I'm just astonished that GNHQ have been able to rush this through, and by their own admission, with no forewarning, as quickly as they did. But they've been unable to provide the facility to highlight posts from OPs or even give us a subsection forum for Feminism and Equality. And that's been months in the making. Still, where there's a will, there's a way I suppose. hmm

Lucca Fri 14-Aug-20 17:37:19

ladymuck

MerylStreep...you are so right!
Gransnet show clearly where their political leanings lie and if you have different attitudes...you're not allowed to express them.

What do you mean ?

kircubbin2000 Fri 14-Aug-20 17:53:56

Lucca I think she means they're lefties. No wrong think allowed.

Lucca Fri 14-Aug-20 17:55:53

I really don’t think they are !!

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 14-Aug-20 17:56:22

Hello. We're updating this thread with any updates so please keep an eye on it and post your queries there instead of here so we don't miss them.
Yes to those who asked re the grey v blue toggles. Grey is the no consent toggle whereas blue indicates consent.

Aldom Fri 14-Aug-20 18:04:02

flyinghandbag
I too will miss you, and may also leave. Please take care of yourself. Big hug xx

Toadinthehole Fri 14-Aug-20 18:06:30

I didn’t consent, which my husband had to sort out, as I couldn’t work out how to do it! I couldn’t get on the site without choosing one option or another, but I thought not consenting was made difficult.

Puzzler61 Fri 14-Aug-20 18:10:32

By the side of the questions that were difficult to move the slider bar,
I did it by clicking over the little italic i that was there ,
and that seemed to free it to move so that it went grey.
If yours looks the same of course.

Xander Fri 14-Aug-20 18:11:07

I also went through and slid all to grey so hope it is declining consent to anything!!

Marydoll Fri 14-Aug-20 18:18:18

Aldom, No need to worry, FH is back with a new name.

DonnaFHSheridan Fri 14-Aug-20 18:21:08

Aldom

flyinghandbag
I too will miss you, and may also leave. Please take care of yourself. Big hug xx

Hi Aldom, I'm back but I had to make a new account. I didn't understand the consent message then my worries were exacerbated by the posts so I left. I then changed my mind and came back. Hugs. Xx

MawB Fri 14-Aug-20 18:22:11

It looks suspiciously like a real name FH I hope you are not compromising your anonymity.

Callistemon Fri 14-Aug-20 18:24:10

I thought we already had Meryl Streep on here.

MawB Fri 14-Aug-20 18:25:06

gringrin ? ?

DonnaFHSheridan Fri 14-Aug-20 18:27:56

MawB

It looks suspiciously like a real name FH I hope you are not compromising your anonymity.

I didn't think on that, I chose it as it is a character from my favourite film. X