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one question, Who is responsible for the consent windows ?

• Angostura 4y ago
  The developers that put them on the site. There is no need for them if you are only using cookies directed needed for the provision of the site (as opposed to data gathering for advertising partners, for example). Hope that helps.
  • beidnnwuudu 4y ago
    Even when not required under GDPR, those banners may be required under the EU e-Privacy Directive (2009/136/EC ).
    • jeroenhd 4y ago
      Even under the e-Privacy directive cookies strictly required for a website's technical functionality are permissible. Session cookies and such don't need banner. However, including third party services or analytics and tracking can quickly prompt a cookie banner because those are not strictly necessary for a website to function.
  • perryizgr8 4y ago
    > There is no need for them I agree. They should undo the law that created an artificial need.
    • ben_w 4y ago
      It wasn't a law which created that need: many people don't want to be tracked even if there wasn't a law that banned you from doing so. Normal people find it creepy and weird if someone (or something) knows too much. For example, I know a person who posted a photo of signpost on social media and explicitly challenged their friends to guess where they were, and even then they were disturbed when I posted a google street view link to that exact signpost 30 minutes later. Showing them that Amazon searches for things they would not otherwise even look at resulted in adverts (for the specific product they looked at) appearing a few weeks later, was also something they found disturbing. (As Amazon didn't get their explicit and meaningful consent for this use of their data, I assume they no longer do this, but I can't tell given my ad blockers).