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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.
↫ Bite code!
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/#Legal
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