> If you store any kind of data about a visitor to make their life more convenient, is that tracking? Shopping carts? Notification preferences? etc.
These are first-party cookies as they're served by the host domain, so they wouldn't need an opt-in under GDPR. Site owners should try to limit that to core functionality, like updating shopping cart state as you navigate from page to page.
> It's actually a bit ironic to ask visitors if it's ok to track them. If they say no, you have to track them to at least remember that choice.
That's not how it works. The cookie banner opt-in asks if you want to accept cookies aka tracking. If you say no, no cookies are downloaded, so the site has no idea that you have visited it. So the next time you arrive on the site, it will provided the popup again, as though it's your first time visiting.
These are first-party cookies as they're served by the host domain, so they wouldn't need an opt-in under GDPR. Site owners should try to limit that to core functionality, like updating shopping cart state as you navigate from page to page.
> It's actually a bit ironic to ask visitors if it's ok to track them. If they say no, you have to track them to at least remember that choice.
That's not how it works. The cookie banner opt-in asks if you want to accept cookies aka tracking. If you say no, no cookies are downloaded, so the site has no idea that you have visited it. So the next time you arrive on the site, it will provided the popup again, as though it's your first time visiting.