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With regard to the law, at least the UK interpretation, 'essential cookies' aren't ones that are essential for the website-operator's business purposes. The ter
by aethertron 11y ago
With regard to the law, at least the UK interpretation, 'essential cookies' aren't ones that are essential for the website-operator's business purposes. The term is restricted to cookies that are essential for what the visitor has requested.
source: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-a...
- oliwarner 11y agoThat's my point. Things that are so commonplace should be implicit.
- aethertron 11y agoI guess the legislators didn't think the general public was informed enough about cookies for them to meaningfully, implicitly consent. I don't think many people read the already mandatory privacy policies, so I'd have to agree. That the use of, say, 3rd party analytics cookies is so commonplace seems neither here nor there. (For the record: I would prefer a technological, rather than legislative solution here.)