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There is no EU cookie banner law
You know those modal screens that interrupt your groove when you are surfing?
There are no laws forcing websites to use them.
They use them because they choose to.
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Cookie banners are not only not required, they're not even needed, and most implementations you encounter today are illegal anyway. You can use session cookies and anonymous stats cookies w
https://www.osnews.com/story/138870/there-is-no-eu-cookie-banner-law/
@osnews the irony of the post showing a cookie banner 
@osnews Unfortunately it is not as easy as "use session cookies and anonymous stats cookies without needing any user approval." and you are good to go.
It also depends on which type of data you are going to compute.
And then you also have to look at local laws aswell, e.g. in Germany you have the BDSG which says that you have to have active consent by a person to basically save anything on their computer which is not absolute necessary for the webpage to work properly.
@osnews The irony of the pop up before the article can be read asking to share data with 804 of you most carefully chosen partners. Not sure how informed meaningful consent can be given to that.
@osnews Oh please.
"Seat belts are required."
"No they aren't because you only need them if you're driving & driving isn't required! Therefore seatbelts aren't required!"
Don't be pedantic.
Most sites use comprehensive visitor analytics which isn't anonymous enough. Therefore the banners ARE required.
Or, I mean, you could just not drive. 
@syntaxseed @osnews Or, you know, fix the actual analytics to not be so much of an issue that you need to pre-empt them with an opt-out disclaimer.
@osnews Mass-psychosis is normal in our industry. COPPA compliance is another area where I've watched folks argue for things that would take them OUT of compliance because they saw others doing it and therefore assumed it was the safe/correct thing to do. No one wants to actually read the rules.
@osnews And a half-decent browser lets one block them anyway.
@osnews I always felt like the big obnoxious cookie banners are the tech industry's way to pushing public opinion against government regulation as in "look at what Big Bad Nanny State is forcing upon you!!!1!11!"
@hisham_hm @osnews a lot seems to be lawyers advising as conservatively as they can, combined with dark patterns. At this stage it’s hard work to persuade clients who are only setting essential cookies that they don’t need banners.
@hisham_hm @osnews Exactly right – and unfortunately they seem to be largely succeeding in diverting blame away from themselves, though the lack of enforcement can be blamed for them getting away with it.