Re:Kill The Cookie Banner
by TurdF3rguson on Sunday July 26, 2026 @09:56PM
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Actually you can't send any cookie that is not essential to the operation of the website without consent and that would include analytics regardless of PII. same for pixel tracking / fingerprinting, it's all a no-no.
There's "legitimate business interest" which I think is a catch-all for things you want to do as long as they don't invade privacy?
Re:Kill The Cookie Banner
by TurdF3rguson on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:10PM
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Most of those things involve tracking users I imagine but if there's any that don't, go for it.
You need cookies if you simply want to run conversion analytics or any kind of performance marketing for media/ecommerce.
Re:Kill The Cookie Banner
by preg_match on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:33PM
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Sure, and you can use cookies! Just not to store PII. Ultimately these things are actually optional - I don’t have a cookie banner on my site. Neither does my company I work for, because it’s an application.
The law really has nothing to do with cookies, it has to do with privacy, tracking, and PII. You can absolutely save preferences and perform analytics. What you can't do is hoard data that is personally identifiable for purposes that are not obvious to the consumer.