[espadrine]

Here is an authoritative source[0]:

> consent is not required [for] cookies that are strictly necessary to provide an online service that the person explicitly requested. e.g. […] when your customers use a shopping basket

So shopping carts (user clicked to add to cart) and notification preferences (user clicked to indicate preference) don’t require consent. Same for authentication cookies.

The page is quite clear; the confusion likely arises from how companies implement it.

[0]: https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers...

[aednichols]

I am amused that your official EU link, which contains only static documentation, asks me to choose between “all cookies” and “essential cookies”.

[ambichook]

i think it's worth noting that those cookies keep track of whether you have filled out their feedback form and to count the number of unique visitors to the page, or cookies from third parties the website may present embeds from https://european-union.europa.eu/cookies_en

[aednichols]

Yep. In other words, things that almost every website in the past 10 years does, making consent banners ubiquitous.