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Since the data collection management would traditionally be stored as a cookie... It's a bit of a chicken and egg problem. Without tracking, how do you track th

Since the data collection management would traditionally be stored as a cookie... It's a bit of a chicken and egg problem. Without tracking, how do you track that consent was revoked? The cookie law bugs me because it's feels like it's being applied in completely the wrong place. Isn't the browser perfectly capable of restricting third party cookies and presenting the necessary legal warnings?

Fradow 8y ago
The cookie law has exemptions for cookies that are there for technical reasons. For example, your locale, and which cookies you agreed to. The browser cannot differentiate first party cookies that are technical or for tracking.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  ^ this; people for some reason still assume all cookies are banned. If that was so, it'd be a feature removed from browsers already.
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  Maybe we need done standardised cookies for chosen locale, and such.
thecatspaw 8y ago
browsers can restrict third party cookies. But this is opt-out, default is to allow these. The average user is most likely not aware of these settings.