[t0mas88]

Most of these "cookie free" analytics vendors keep talking about how cleverly they have anonymised the data, but this article finally gets it right: That does not matter for cookie popups. Anonymisation is only relevant to GDPR, but you still need cookie banners under the ePrivacy directive.

[arp242]

> you still need cookie banners under the ePrivacy directive

Only if you store data in the browsing (using cookies, localStorage, or any other technical means), no?

[SpikeMeister]

The article claims that loading JavaScript that sends back information comes under the ePDs definition of accessing stored data:

> So sending out JavaScript code that instructs the terminal equipment to send back information is… accessing the information.