I 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 peopl

I 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.)