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Comply with the law, don't gather unnecessary PII and poof - no need for popups.

ssss11 5y ago
But but but …every company needs all possible data about you because of “legitimate business interests”!
ID1452319 5y ago
My understanding is that you must tell people if you set cookies for any purpose, regardless of whether they are collecting personal data. Therefore, pretty much any content management solution, Wordpress site etc. will need to display a cookie consent banner.
- Reubensson 5y ago
  I think you need cookie banner only if you use non-essential cookies. For example if you use cookies only for user auth, you don't need to display any notification about that.
  - ID1452319 5y ago
    My understanding was that you need consent before storing or accessing information on user's devices.
    - detaro 5y ago
      No, Reubensson is correct. The rules for what is essential are generally fairly strict, but only non-essential needs consent.
Aerroon 5y ago
It's so 'simple' to do that even the EU's own website has the pop up: https://www.europa.eu https://www.europa.eu
- Xelbair 5y ago
  Yes, because they do use cookies in a way that requires them to inform you about it. It's clean, readable, and devoid of dark patterns that are so prevalent. >Third-party cookies >Some of our pages display content hosted by contracted services on domains external to europa.eu, for example our contractor who helps operating the Europe Direct Contact Centre. The external hosting may need cookies in order to function. >Name of the cookie: PHPSESSIONID >Service: Europe Direct contact form >Purpose: Session info (random number), used for dealing with multi-language forms. No additional information stored >Cookie type and duration: Third-party session cookie, set by our contractor. Deleted after you quit your browser >Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. >To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over. >But if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.

But but but …every company needs all possible data about you because of “legitimate business interests”!

My understanding is that you must tell people if you set cookies for any purpose, regardless of whether they are collecting personal data. Therefore, pretty much any content management solution, Wordpress site etc. will need to display a cookie consent banner.

Reubensson 5y ago
I think you need cookie banner only if you use non-essential cookies. For example if you use cookies only for user auth, you don't need to display any notification about that.
- ID1452319 5y ago
  My understanding was that you need consent before storing or accessing information on user's devices.
  - detaro 5y ago
    No, Reubensson is correct. The rules for what is essential are generally fairly strict, but only non-essential needs consent.

Aerroon 5y ago

It's so 'simple' to do that even the EU's own website has the pop up: https://www.europa.eu https://www.europa.eu

Xelbair 5y ago
Yes, because they do use cookies in a way that requires them to inform you about it. It's clean, readable, and devoid of dark patterns that are so prevalent. >Third-party cookies >Some of our pages display content hosted by contracted services on domains external to europa.eu, for example our contractor who helps operating the Europe Direct Contact Centre. The external hosting may need cookies in order to function. >Name of the cookie: PHPSESSIONID >Service: Europe Direct contact form >Purpose: Session info (random number), used for dealing with multi-language forms. No additional information stored >Cookie type and duration: Third-party session cookie, set by our contractor. Deleted after you quit your browser >Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. >To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over. >But if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.