“legitimate interest” is a sketchy, unclear term. It’s not defined by any legislation.
There’s a type of cookie called “strictly necessary”. These are things that the site needs to work - for example, to keep you logged in, to remember your shopping cart, etc. Sites do NOT need to offer a opt out from these, and if they’re the only cookies the site uses, they don’t have to show a banner or cookie consent notice.
I think “legitimate interest” is really trying to trick people into thinking the cookies are “strictly necessary”, when in reality there’s some non-necessary tracking cookies lumped into the “legitimate interest” category.
“legitimate interest” is a sketchy, unclear term. It’s not defined by any legislation.
There’s a type of cookie called “strictly necessary”. These are things that the site needs to work - for example, to keep you logged in, to remember your shopping cart, etc. Sites do NOT need to offer a opt out from these, and if they’re the only cookies the site uses, they don’t have to show a banner or cookie consent notice.
I think “legitimate interest” is really trying to trick people into thinking the cookies are “strictly necessary”, when in reality there’s some non-necessary tracking cookies lumped into the “legitimate interest” category.