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by jefftk 1644 days ago
Cookies, including first-party ones, that are not "strictly necessary in order to provide an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user" still require banners under the ePrivacy Directive [1]. Ex: if you're counting unique visitors with a first-party cookie, you need to gather consent.

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...

(Not a lawyer)