[piva00]

> The law would have to specify the exact shape of the cookie dialogue down to the pixel and I still would expect Google to find a way to fuck it up.

In the EU it's more usual for judges to take the "spirit of the law" into account for rulings rather than the "letter of the law" that is more common in Common Law systems.

I don't know enough and IANAL to state that with sureness about the whole legal system of all EU countries but it's a rule-of-thumb, the law doesn't need to be absurdly specific to avoid loopholes, it just needs to be good enough to cover ground for judges to judge if the accused is following its spirit.