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Hi all,
As of this afternoon many of you will have noticed a new consent form pop up. Apologies for the late notice - we'd hoped to get a post up earlier to give you advance warning but our resources were focused on getting it up and running as quickly and efficiently as possible.
As a responsible publisher we follow the recommendations of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB UK) - here's a bit more information about them.
The IAB asks that we allow users to say if you consent to your data being used or not. We've been doing this for quite a while now and this is the pop-up you would have previously seen when you came to Gransnet.
What's happened is that as of tomorrow the IAB is brining in a new standard that publishers have to comply with. The new standard gives the user even more choice over the data that can be collected and used - which is why you are now seeing a new pop-up with far more privacy options.
Whilst it may look a bit OTT it's actually been designed by the IAB to make it better for users and give you more control.
So please don't be worried about this new pop-up - it will in fact give you more information and choice over your privacy.
Hope this helps 
GNHQ
UPDATE: FAQs page here
Well that was all a total waste of time and effort. Having gone through the whole thing this morning and opting out if everything, plus legitimate interests 
, the whole lot has defaulted back to the original so has been done again. What a shambles.
Lucca 
Should all be explained in the OP FH. Will update with any more info as and when we know more
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