Not that one. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32009L0136 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:320... Complete law

Not that one. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32009L0136 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:320... Complete law: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32009L0136&from=EN http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX... Paragraph 66 talks about cookies. A later exception was made by the EU for session cookies. Guidelines for webmasters: http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm#section_4 http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm#se... It has a sample banner which is similar to those which most users display. Spanish official directives (with further protection because of a local law called LSSI): https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/canaldocumentacion/publicaciones/common/Guias/Guia_Cookies.pdf https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/canaldocumentacion/publica..., page 17. Also comes with a sample banner Did you really think that everyone else was wrong or didn't read the law and is programming these banners as some sort of fad?