In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
What ****es me off is the 'cookies needed to ensure site operation'

You don't in general, need cookies to ensure site operation.

The only purpose of cookies is to 'remember you by past actions' and so on.

Only if you have logged into a site should that be legally permitted.


Or "To improve your viewing experience". I came across a site with
this, and it had a link to explain why they needed cookies. Nothing on
there explained how it would improve my viewing experience, and so far
as I could tell, they didn't any value at all.

See also many third party scripts on websites.

Adrian
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