why “strictly necessary” cookies can’t be used in the same way as advertising cookies

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For example, couldn’t I give my visitor a cookie like MySpammySiteLoginStatus=logged-out and then anyone can see they visited MySpammySite? Additionally, couldn’t I hide other information in relatively simple codes, like deciding whether or not to add toolbar preference cookies based on whether or not the user got to the shopping cart?

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If you operate business in the EU, you would be violating their laws and could face legal consequences. If you’re a small site that really only deals with US clients, yes the EU could complain that EU citizens are visiting your site but probably not worth the hassle. If Apple/Amazon/Facebook/Google/MIcrosoft did it… you can be sure the EU would be handing out fines.

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