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This is handled as a browser feature. Regulators just did not care - and most probably did not know about that.

• Deukhoofd 6y ago
  It probably wasn't in 2002, when the current cookie law was written. The new ePrivacy Regulation does want to replace it with a browser function though: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/proposal-eprivacy-regulation https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/proposal-epriv...
  • Mirioron 6y ago
    Internet Explorer 6 gave you control over your cookies. It was even recommended that you would set the slider to block all or most cookies. I'm unsure about previous versions.
• kevinmgranger 6y ago
  What feature?
• boomlinde 6y ago
  Contrary to popular belief, the "cookie law" doesn't only concern cookies, and it does not concern all cookies.