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by mtkhaos 1125 days ago
Local Storage?

Cookies are just a Dumb Implementation and only persist due to advertising.

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GDPR is about tracking, not about cookies.
GDPR isn't "about tracking", it isn't even about computers, it's General data protection regulation. If your local grocer keeps a regular customer's record on paper to give you discounts, that's covered by the GDPR.

See the UK Gov summary site here: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection

Or detailed law here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/contents/enacte...

And note Part 1 section 3 points 4 and 7: "'Processing', in relation to information, means an operation or set of operations which is performed on information, or on sets of information, such as— (a)collection, recording, organisation, structuring or storage" and "“Filing system” means any structured set of personal data which is accessible according to specific criteria, whether held by automated means or manually".

You can't use LS or anything like that to get around GDPR.