It's 88 pages of legalese consisting of 99 articles distributed over 13 chapters. It also has dozens of footnotes which incorporate thousands of pages of other laws by reference.
> and if execs/managers aren’t smart enough
Clearly I am too stupid to operate a business and have reading comprehension problems. Thanks for letting me know.
Google analytics feeds tracking data to google for advertising purposes and tracks you across sites, it's exactly the sort of crap the cookie warning was meant to stop.
> These "extra" warnings are contributing to user fatigue
Your need for analytics is contributing to user fatigue.
> I agree with troy hunt that users are just gonna ignore them all
So do websites putting up these silly warnings, do you actually wait for people to accept before they get their tracking cookie?
That is why GP said "(no advertising features)." That is the name of the feature in GA that does that, and it can be disabled.
But I also understand the law, that anonymous user statistics are just fine and don't need consent as long as you retain the data yourself and of course mention it in your privacy policy. Though you might still be obligated to respect "do not track" and adding an opt-out setting.
So, yeah, it's a mess. These "extra" warnings are contributing to user fatigue, I agree with troy hunt that users are just gonna ignore them all. I also understand why a small organization can say "Well, I don't really understand if we need it or not, the lowest risk thing to do is just to supply it." And there's no law _preventing_ you from supplying an unnecessary pointless cookie warning banner...